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    The pronunciation of the S in plurals, 3" person singular verbs or genitive Saxon ‘The pronunciation of the final S in plural words and verbs in the third person singular depends on the final consonant sound before that S. ‘The ending is pronounced /s/ after a voiceless sound, it is pronounced /2/ after a voiced sound and is pronounced /iz/ after a sibilant sound: + Voiceless: helps /ps!~ sits ts! looks ks! = ‘Voiced: crabs /bz! -- words /dz/ -- gloves /vz/, » Sibilant: buses /siz / , bridges /d31z / or wishes /shrz / 1. The /1z/ sound Ifthe last consonant sound of the word is a sibilant sound , the final S is pronounced as /2/. This 1z/ sound is, pronounced like an extra syllable. Examples of words ending in the /z/ sound: + CE: races (sounds like "race-iz") , embraces, places, convinces + -8/ SE: buses, gases, rises, pauses, nurses + -X: fixes, mixes, boxes, taxes + ~ZE: amazes, freezes, prizes, quizzes, seizes + -SS: kisses, misses, passes, bosses, slasses, dresses + -CH: churches, sandwiches, witches, teaches, watches, reaches + -SH: dishes, eyelashes, hairbrushes, wishes, pushes, crashes, +

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