the substance of the remarks of another, at least without
regard to regularity in alternation.

=Schism=--s[)i]zm, not sk[)i]sm.

=Seckel=, not s[)i]ck-el. A kind of pear.

=See.= It is not uncommon to meet with people that incorrectly
use _see_ in the imperfect tense, as: "I _see_ him yesterday,"
instead of, "I _saw_ him yesterday." See is never used in any
tense but the present, without an auxiliary, as did, shall, etc.

=Seignior=--s[=e]n'yur, not s[=a]n'yor.

=Seine=--s[=e]n, not s[=a]n. A net for catching fish.

=Senile=--s[=e]'n[=i]le, not s[)e]n'[=i]le. Pertaining to old age.

=Separate=, not _seperate_. The loss of the a is not noticed in
the pronunciation, but the mistake frequently occurs in writing
this word as it does in the words =inseparable=,
=inseparableness=, =separation=, etc.

=Servile=--ser'v[)i]l, not ser'v[=i]le.

=Set.= Noun. There are many who incorrectly use _sett_ in writing
of a _set_ of dishes, a _set_ of chess-men, a _set_ of teeth,
or of some other collection of things of the same kind. A
=sett= is a piece placed upon the head of a pile for striking
upon, when the pile can not be reached by the weight or hammer.

=Set=--=Sit.= Blunders in the use of these words are amongst the
most common we have. _Set_, as we shall first consider it, is a
transitive verb, or one in which the action passes over to an
object. Present tense, _set_; imperfect tense and past
participle, _set_; present participle, _setting_. _Sit_ is an
intransitive verb, or one which has no object after it. Present
tense, _sit_; imperfect tense and past participle, _sat_;
present participle, _sitting_.

To avoid repetition as much as possible, I would refer any one to
whom the explanation here given is not perfectly clear, to the
rules and remarks under =Lay= and =Raise=, which are equally
applicable here. "Will you _set_ on this chair?" should be, "Will
you _sit_ on this chair?" "Will you _set_ this _chair_ in the
other room?" is correct. "I _set_ for my picture yesterday,"
should be, "I _sat_," etc. "This hat _sets_ well," should be,
"This hat _sits_ well." "Court _sets_ next month," should be,
"Court _sits_ next month." "The hen has been _setting_ for a
week," should be,