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Mr. Tom Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

The king's tables vs the king's stables

Hi

Would you say that these have the same sound?

The king's tables vs the king's stables

Thanks,

Tom
  

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Hi Tom The S in "king's" and the first "S" in "stables" are pronounced differently, so I would say no. Although it might be hard to clearly hear both of those S-sounds if someone were speaking quickly, I do think most native speakers would say both -- or try to. However, it does seem to me that the collocation "king's stables" would be likely to cause some pronunciation difficulty if you tried to say it too fast.

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  • Hi Tom The S in "king's" and the first "S" in "stables" are pronounced differently, so I would say no.
  • Although it might be hard to clearly hear both of those S-sounds if someone were speaking quickly, I do think most native speakers would say both -- or try to.
  • However, it does seem to me that the collocation "king's stables" would be likely to cause some pronunciation difficulty if you tried to say it too fast.
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Hi Tom

The S in "king's" and the first "S" in "stables" are pronounced differently, so I would say no.

Although it might be hard to clearly hear both of those S-sounds if someone were speaking quickly, I do think most native speakers would say both -- or try to. However, it does seem to me that the collocation "king's stables" would be likely to cause some pronunciation difficul
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