Result, clauses of, 263.
    conjunctions of, 196.

  Retained object, 242.

  Riches, 42.

  S, plural suffix, 40.

  ’S, possessive ending, 51.

  Same as, that, who, which, 294.

  Sat, sate, 159.

  Seeing, conjunction, 195, 196.

  Self in reflexive pronoun, 69.

  Sentences, analysis of complex, 26
       of compound, 271.
       of elliptical, 255.
       of simple, 252.
    complex in form, simple in effect, 259.

  Sentences, definition of, 231.
    kinds of, 231.

  Sequence of tenses, 319.

  Set, sit, 170.

  Sex and gender, 29.

  Shall, should, will, would, 162.

  Shear, forms of, 159.

  Shot, shots, 43.

  Simple sentence.  See Sentences.

  Singular number, 38.

  Sir, 36.

  Somebody else’s, etc., 303.

  Sort, these sort, 303.

  Spelling becoming phonetic in verbs, 169.

  Spinster, 33.

  Split infinitive, 323.

  Spoken English, 12.

  -Ster, feminine suffix, use of, in Middle English, 32.
    in Modern English, 33.

  Subject, complete, 245.
    definition of, 233.
    grammatical vs. logical, 67, 245, 258.
    modifiers of, 240.
    things used as, 237, 258.

  Subjunctive mood, definition of, 137.
    gradual disuse of, 144.
    uses of, in literary English, 138.
       in spoken English, 144.

  Subordinate clause, 257.
    adjective, 260.
    adverb, 262.
    definition of, 257.
    how to distinguish, 270.
    kinds of, 257.
    noun, 258.
    other names for, 257.

  Such as adverb, 186.

  Such a, 126.

  Suffix _-en_.  See _-En_.
    _-s_, _-es_, 38.

  Suffixes, foreign, 33.

  Superlative degree, double, 307.
    in meaning, not in form, 107.
    not suggesting comparison, 109.
    of adjectives, 108.
    of adverbs, 189.
    syntax of, 306.
    with two objects, 306.

  Syntax, basis of, 277.
    definition of, 275.
    in English not same as in classical languages, 275.

  Tense, definition of, 147.

  Tenses, definite, meaning of, 148.
    in Modern English, made up of auxiliaries, 147.
    number of, in Old English, 147.
    sequence of, 319.
    table of, 152.

  Than me, than whom, 280.

  That, omission of, when subject, 88.
       when object, 87.
    relative, restrictive, and cooerdinating, 289, 290.
    that ... and which, 297.
    uses of, 222.