Standards of English orthog., the books proposed as such, abound in
errors and inconsistencies.
—Whether we have a system of Eng. ORTHOEPY worthy to be accounted a
STANDARD.
Stanza, defined. —Stanzas, uniformity of, in the same poem, —varieties of, —Elegiac stanza, described. —Stanzas, lyric, examples of, —"A GOOD NAME," ("two beautiful little stanzas," BROWN).
Star, or asterisk, use of. —Three stars, or asterism,
Stenotone, or breve, for what used.
Stops, in printing or writing, see Points.
Strength, as a quality of style, in what consists, —essentials of, —Precepts aiming at offences against.
Strew, whether, or not, an other mode of spelling strow; whether to be distinguished in utterance from do.; whether reg. or irreg.
STYLE, qualities of, treated.
—Style, as connected with synt., what,
—differs from mere words and mere grammar; not regulated entirely by
rules of construc.,
—what relation has to the author himself, and what shows,
—general characters of, by what epithets designated.
—What must be remembered by the learner, in forming his style; a
good style how acquired.
—Style, solemn, familiar, &c., as used in gram., what meant by.
—(See Solemn Style.)
Subaudition, meaning of the term. Subdisjunctive particle, of the Latins, expressed in Eng. by or of alternat.
Subject of a finite verb, what, and how may be known, —must be the NOM. CASE, —what besides a noun or pronoun may be. —Subject phrases, joint, what agreements require. —Subject and predicate, in analysis. See also Nominative Case.