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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Pronounciation

Hello,

As far as I know the 's' is pronounced as 's' when a noun ends in either 'P' 'k' 't' 'f' .

But how should the 's' be pronounced at the end of differen verbs?

For example He plays (z).

He takes (s).

Thanks
  

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The pronunciation is the same regardless of the part of speech (or word class, if you like that term better). He plays [z ] the piano very well. I have seen both plays [z ].

— Cool Breeze

  • The pronunciation is the same regardless of the part of speech (or word class, if you like that term better).
  • He plays [z ] the piano very well.
  • I have seen both plays [z ].
  • The s sound is voiced after voiced sounds and voiceless/unvoiced after voiceless sounds.
  • That is the theory.
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The pronunciation is the same regardless of the part of speech (or word class, if you like that term better).

He plays [z ] the piano very well.

I have seen both plays [z ].

The s sound is voiced after voiced sounds and voiceless/unvoiced after voiceless sounds. That is the theory. In actual usage people don't always pronounce a voiced s [z ] even if the ph
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