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Sadr Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

S or es in simple present

why have we to use s or es in simple present?
Thanks for your answer,
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Sadr: I think you can get a full explanation by googling. In short, I believe that it has to do with the history of the language in England. " The people who preferred the "s" were able to "win" the contest.

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  • Sadr: I think you can get a full explanation by googling.
  • In short, I believe that it has to do with the history of the language in England.
  • " The people who preferred the "s" were able to "win" the contest.
  • ) Today you can still read "hath," "doeth," etc.
  • in poetry.
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Sadr: I think you can get a full explanation by googling. In short, I believe that it has to do with the history of the language in England. Many years ago, in some parts of England, some people used "s" for the third person, such as "has." Other people in England preferred "th." as in "hath." The people who preferred the "s" were able to "win" the contest. (Perhaps because so many people in
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For the third person singular, use s.

It's pronunciation will depend on what comes before it: voiced consonant or vowel /z/; unvoiced consonant /s/.

animals, cows; pets

For a word ending in /s/ or /z/ sound, use es (unless the spelling of the word ends in e: then just s. This gives a schwa sound +/z/.

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