To plunge into water.

=Spasmodic=, not _spasmotic_.

=Spectacles=--sp[)e]k'ta-kls, not sp[)e]k't[)i]k'els.

=Spermaceti=--sperm-a-s[=e]'t[)i], not sperm-a-c[)i]t'y.

=Spider=, not _spiter_.

=Splenetic=--spl[)e]n'e-tic, not sple-n[)e]t'ic. Fretful;
peevish.

=Spoliation=--sp[=o]-li-[=a]'tion, not spoil-a'tion.

=Spurious=--sp[=u]'ri-ous, not sp[)u]r'i-o[)u]s. =Spuriously=
(sp[=u]'ri-ous-ly), etc.

=Statical=--st[)a]t'i-cal, not st[=a]'ti-cal. Pertaining to
bodies at rest.

=Stationery=, not _stationary_, when paper, envelopes, ink, etc.,
are meant.

=Statue=, not _statute_, when a carved image is meant.

=Statute=, not _statue_, when a law or decree is meant.

=Stearine=--st[=e]'a-r[)i]n, not st[)e]r'[)i]n.

=Stereoscope= (st[=e]'re-o-scope), =Stereotype=
(st[=e]'re-o-type), etc., according to Webster; and
st[)e]r'e-o-scope, st[)e]r'-e-o-type, etc., according to
Worcester.

=Stolid=--st[)o]l'id, not st[=o]'lid. Stupid; dull.

=Stratum=--str[=a]'tum, not str[)a]t'um. =Strata= (str[=a]'ta),
the Latin plural is used much more than the English =stratums=.
Errors like "a _strata_ of gravel," are also not infrequently
heard.

=Strategic=--stra-t[=e]'jik, not str[)a]t'e-j[)i]k. =Strategical=
(stra-t[=e]'ji-cal) and =strategist= (str[)a]t'e-jist).
Worcester gives stra-t[)e]j'ic and stra-t[)e]j'i-cal.

=Strum= or =Thrum= should be used, and not _drum_, when the noisy
and unskillful fingering of a musical instrument is meant.

=Stupendous=--stu-pen'd[)u]s, not stu-p[)e]n'j[)u]s nor
stu-p[)e]n'de-us.

=Suavity=--sw[)a]v'[)i]-ty, not swaev'[)i]-ty nor su[)a]v'i-ty.

=Subtraction=, not _substraction_, when the act of deducting is
meant. =Substraction= is a law term meaning the withholding of
some right, for which, however, the word _subtraction_ is also
used. =Subtract=, not _substract_.

=Subtile=--s[)u]b't[)i]l, not s[)u]t'tle.

=Subtle=--s[)u]t'tle, not s[)u]b'tle.

=Suffice=--s[)u]f-f[=i]z', not s[)u]f-f[=i]s'.

=Suicidal=--s[=u]-i-s[=i]'dal, not s[=u]-[)i]s'i-dal. Worcester
placed the principal accent on the first syllable.

=Suite=--sweet, not s[=u]te. When the word =suit= is used,
however, the latter pronunciation is correct.

=Sulph