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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Closes vs. Clothes pronunciation

Hey everybody.

Can somebody help me? I am confused about the pronunciation of the Closes and Clothes words.

To me the both sounds the same.

Thanks
  

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"Closes" is pronounced "Close-ess". "Clothes" is pronounced "Cloathz", with the "oa" sound of "goat", and the "th" of "they". Hope that helps!

— Tearsofjoy

  • "Closes" is pronounced "Close-ess".
  • "Clothes" is pronounced "Cloathz", with the "oa" sound of "goat", and the "th" of "they".
  • Hope that helps!
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"Closes" is pronounced "Close-ess".

"Clothes" is pronounced "Cloathz", with the "oa" sound of "goat", and the "th" of "they".

Hope that helps!
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I say "clothes" without the "th" sound, so I say "close" and "clothes" the same way.
However, "closes" is different. I say 'klo - ziz' for "closes" and 'kloze' (like 'doze') for both "close" and "clothes".

CJ
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0 It doesn't matter which pronunciation I try people seem to always hear 'gloves' instead of 'clothes' and explaining "the stuff you wear" doesn't help much cause you can apparently wear gloves too... 0-
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0You must havw the wrong vowel sound then02br
02br
00gloves - the o sounds like 'u' as in 'up'02br
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00Clothes - however you say it - has an o sound as in 'open'.0-
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0 Perhaps you have confused the words "cloths" and "clothes".02br
01b00cloths02b00 is pronounced with a rounded o, not unlike glove, and are small pieces of fabric usually used for cleaning. 0-
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