| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| Entry Index |
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| | | serial |
| series |
| SERIES CONSTRUCTIONS |
| serum |
| serve my turn |
| service |
| serviette, napkin |
| session |
| set, sit |
| settee, settle |
| sew |
| sewage, sewer, sewerage |
| sex, gender |
| sexism, sexist |
| SEXIST LANGUAGE |
| sextet, sextette, septet, septette |
| shade, blind |
| shake |
| shake the head, nod (the head) |
| Shakespeare, Shakespearean |
| shall, will |
| sham |
| shambles |
| shan’t |
| share 1 |
| share 2, stock |
| shark |
| sharp |
| she |
| s/he, (s)he |
| sheaf |
| shear |
| shears |
| sheath, sheathe |
| sheer |
| sheik, sheikh |
| shelf life |
| sherbet, sherbert, sorbet |
| sheveled |
| SHIBBOLETH |
| shine |
| ship 1 |
| ship 2, boat |
| shirk |
| shoe |
| shone |
| shook (up) |
| shooting |
| shop 1 |
| shop 2, bodega, boutique, shoppe, store |
| shoptalk, talk shop |
| shorn |
| short |
| short-lived |
| short supply, in |
| should, would |
| shoulda, should of, coulda, could of, woulda, would of |
| show |
| shower activity |
| show off, showoff |
| show up |
| shrink 1 |
| shrink 2 |
| shrouded in secrecy |
| shy of, shy about |
| shyster |
| sibling |
| sic |
| sick, ill, sickness, illness |
| sick at the stomach |
| sick day, sick leave |
| sick humor, sick joke |
| sick in the stomach |
| sick leave |
| sickness |
| sick-out |
| sick to (at, in) the stomach |
| side |
| side of the angels |
| side by side, side to side |
| sidious |
| sight |
| significant, significantly |
| SIGNS OF AGGREGATION |
| silencer |
| SILENT LETTERS |
| silicon, silicone |
| silly |
| similar |
| similar in, similar to |
| SIMILAR OR APPARENTLY SIMILAR WORDS, CONFUSION OF |
| similar to |
| SIMILES |
| simpatico |
| simple |
| simple reason (that), for the |
| SIMPLE SENTENCE |
| SIMPLICITY |
| simplistic |
| simply |
| simulate, dissimulate |
| simultaneous, simultaneously |
| since |
| sincerely, faithfully, truly |
| sinecure |
| sine die |
| sine qua non |
| sing |
| single, singles |
| SINGLE QUOTATION MARKS |
| SINGULAR |
| sinister |
| sink |
| Sino- |
| Sir, Dame |
| sirup |
| sister-in-law |
| sit |
| site |
| sitting room |
| situate |
| situation |
| SITUATION UTTERANCE, RESPONSE UTTERANCE |
| sizable, sizeable |
| skeptic, sceptic, scepticism, skepticism, sceptical, skeptical |
| ski |
| skillful, skilled, skill, craft, trade |
| skin-color(ed) |
| skirt |
| skull |
| skycap |
| skyjack, skyjacker |
| slack, slacken, slake |
| slacks, knickers, pants, trousers |
| slake |
| slander, libel, slang |
| SLANG |
| SLASH, SLASH MARK |
| slave of, slave to |
| slay |
| sleep |
| sleeper |
| sleep sound, sleep tight |
| sleight of hand |
| slept |
| slew |
| slick |
| slink |
| slit |
| slow, slowly |
| slunk |
| small businessman, small-business man |
| small-scale |
| smarmy |
| smashing |
| smell |
| smidgin |
| sneak |
| snow, snow job |
| snuck |
| so, so that |
| soap opera, soap |
| so … as |
| sob |
| so-called |
| sociable, social |
| SOCIAL DIALECT, CLASS DIALECT |
| social disease |
| SOCIOLINGUISTICS, SOCIOLINGUIST |
| socks, sox |
| soda, club soda, pop, seltzer, soda pop, soft drink(s), sparkling water, tonic |
| sofa, chesterfield, couch, davenport, day bed, settee, settle, studio bed, studio couch |
| so far as |
| softback, softcover |
| soft drink(s) |
| soft sell |
| software |
| soiled |
| SOLECISM |
| solicitor |
| SOLIDUS |
| solon |
| so long |
| so long as |
| solution |
| some |
| -some |
| somebody, someone |
| somebody else’s |
| someday, some day |
| some kind of |
| some of |
| someone |
| someplace |
| somersault, summersault |
| something, somethin’, sumpin’ |
| something, somewhat |
| something else, really something |
| some time, someday, some day, sometime, sometimes |
| someway, someways |
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