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Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–).  The Columbia Guide to Standard American English.  1993.
 
 
Entry Index
 
root to serendipity
 
root, rout, route
rosin
rostrum
rote, by
rotund
round
round, ’round
ROUND S
rouse
rout, route
royal we
-rr-
R’s, the three
rucksack
ruddy
RULES AND GENERALIZATIONS
RULES OF GRAMMAR
Rumania
rumor, rumour
rump
run
run
run for office
runner-up
RUN-ON SENTENCES
-s, -es
-’s, -s’
sabotage
sack
sacrilege, sacrilegious
sacrosanct
sadism
Sahara Desert
said
sailer, sailor
Saint(e), St(e).
St. James, King James
St. John
sake, sakes
salad days
salary, fee, honorarium, payment in kind, wage
salary increment, bonus, COLA, raise, rise
salmon, salmonella
salon, saloon
salt, salts
salutary, salute, salvo
salvable, salvageable
salvo
same
same as
same token, by the
sanatorium
sanctimonious, sanctimony
sanction
sanctum, sanctum sanctorum
sand
sand
sang
sanguine, sanguinary
sanitarium, sanatorium, sanitorium
sank
sans
sarcasm, sarcastic
sarcoma
sarcophagus
sardonic
sartorial, sartorially
sat
sated, satiated
sateen
satellite
satiated
satin, sateen
satire, satyr
saturate
saturnalia
satyr
Saud, Saudi
savant, idiot savant
save, save for
saving
saving
saving grace
savior, saviour
savvy
saw 1
saw 2, old
say
say the least, to
saying
saying, that (it) goes without
saying goes, as the; they say
scabrous, scabious, scabby
scale, large and small
scallop, scollop
scan
scant
scapegoat
scarce, scarcely
scared, scare
scarf
scarify
scena
scenario
scene
scent
sceptic, sceptical, scepticism
scheme, schema
schism, schist, schizo, schizo-
schlemiel, schlep, schlock, schmaltz, schmo, schmooze, schmuck, schnook, schnozzle, schtick
SCHOLARLY GRAMMARS
SCHWA
science and art
SCIENTIFIC ENGLISH
scintilla, iota, jot, smidgin
scissors
scoff
scollop
scone, Scone
score
scorn
scotch 1
Scotch 2, Scottish, Scots, Scot, Scotchman, Scotsman, Scotswoman
scrip, script
scripture, Scripture(s)
scruffy
scrumptious
scruple
scull, skull
sculp, sculpt, sculpture
scurfy, scruffy, scurvy
scuttlebutt
s.d.
seamy
seasonable, seasonal, unseasonable, unseasonal, seasonably, seasonally, unseasonably, unseasonally
second
SECONDARY REFERENCE
SECONDARY STRESS
secondly
SECOND PERSON SINGULAR AND PLURAL
second to none
secrete
secretion
SECRET LANGUAGES
secular, sectarian
secure
-sede
see
seed 1
seed 2, kernel, pip, pit, stone
seed
-seed
see eye to eye
seeing, seeing as, seeing as how, seeing that
seek
seem
seen
see where
see with half an eye
segregate
segregation
seldom ever, seldom if ever, seldom or ever, seldom or never
self
-self
self-
self-confessed, self-addressed, self-defeating, self-deprecating, self-destruct
seltzer
semantic, semantics
SEMANTIC CHANGE
SEMANTIC DISTINCTION, SEMANTIC DIFFERENCE
semi
semi-
semiannual, semi-annual, semimonthly, semimonthly, etc.
SEMICOLON
SEMIFORMAL, SEMIFORMAL WRITTEN ENGLISH, SEMIFORMAL USAGE
semi-monthly
seminal
Semitic, anti-Semitic
senile, senescent
senior, junior, Jr., Sr.
senior citizen
sense, feel, recognize
senseless
sensible, sensitive, susceptible
sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity
sensitive
sensitiveness, sensitivity
sensual, sensuous, sensory
SENTENCE
SENTENCE ADJECTIVES
SENTENCE ADVERBS
SENTENCE MODIFIER
SENTENCE TYPES
sentinel, sentry
sentient, sententious
sentry
separate, separateness, separation, separately
SEQUENCE OF TENSES
seraph
serendipity, serendipitous
 
 
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