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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Two 's' is make a 'z' sound.

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Two 's' is pronounced as a 'z' sound.
Two 's' is make a 'z' sound.
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A double "s" ("ss") is pronounced as "z."
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A double "s" ("ss") is pronounced as "z."

That is now grammatically and typologically correct. It is, however, true of very few words indeed in English. I can think of only of dessert, possess/possession/etc and scissors.

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