Example
In[29]:=
Clear[a,m]
a={{1,0,1,1,-1},{0,1,1,2,1},{1,1,2,1,2}};
MatrixForm[a]
Out[29]=
1 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2
In[30]:=
m=RowReduce[Transpose[a]];
MatrixForm[m]
Out[30]=
1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
In[31]:=
MatrixForm[Transpose[m]]
Out[31]=
1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
So, the standard basis for S is actually the standard unit vector basis for R^3, that is, S=R^3.