Self-contradiction, Crit.  N. respecting

Self-naming letters

Semicolon, point
    —­for what purpose used
    —­from what takes its name
    —­when adopted in England
    —­is useful and necessary, though discarded by some late grammarians
    —­Rules for the use of

Semivowel, defined
    —­Semivowels named; nature of w and y; sound of certain, as
      aspirates

Sense and construc. to be considered, in joining together or writing separately words otherw. liable to be misunderstood
    —­Sense or meaning, necessary to be observed in parsing

Senseless jumbling, Crit.  N. concerning

Sentence, defined
    —­Sentence, its parts, principal and subordinate
    —­Sentences, the two kinds of, named and defined
    —­whether a tripartite distribut. of is expedient
    —­Simple sent., false notions amongst grammarians of what constitutes
      one; the parsing of words not affected thereby
    —­Sentences, simp. and comp., DR. WILS. explanation of
    —­component parts of, what these are
    —­whether all, can be divided into clauses
    —­in what FIVE WAYS, can be analyzed
    —­Sentences, simp., punct.

of,
    —­distinct, do.,
    —­allied, do.,
    —­short, rehearsed in close succession, how pointed.

Series, of terms, proper use of the articles in,
    —­of words, how to be commaed.

Set and sit, signif. and employment of.

Sex, to what persons ascribed; why a young child may be spoken of without
distinc. of,
    —­whether animals may be represented as of no,
    —­inanimate objects fig. represented as having.
    —­Sexes, distinction of, by words, in diff. ways,
    —­denoted by terminat. of words,
    —­designated by proper names.

Shall, verb, how varied,
    —­original signif. of,
    —­explet. use of.
    —­Shall and will, discriminative application of, in the fut. indic.

Sheridan, T., actor and orthoepist, his literary reputation; the worth of his writings.

Side, noun, peculiarities of usage in regard to.

Silent, or mute, when a letter is said to be.

Silliness, literary, Crit.  N. concerning.

Simile, explained.

Since, improp. use of, for ago,
    —­derivation of, from Anglo-Sax.

Sit and set, use and signif. of.

So, as expressing the sense of a preced. word or phrase,
    —­derivation of, from Sax.
    —­So
    —­as, as
    —­so, correspondents.

Soever or soe’er, whether a word or only a part of an other word; how explained by WEBST.