--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.

_Solemn style_, as distinguished from the familiar,
--should not be displaced from the paradigms in a grammar,
--is not adapted to familiar discourse,
--pres. and pret. terminations of, wha