Now we know the difference between voiced, voiceless and sibilant sounds we can look at the following rules for the correct pronunciation of S at the end of words in English: The pronunciation of the S at the end of words in ...
death deaths /dɛθs/ For all other words (i.e. words ending in vowels or voiced non-sibilants) the regular plural adds /z/, represented orthographically by -s:boy boys /bɔɪz/ girl girls /ɡɜrlz/ chair chairs /tʃɛərz/ Morphophonetically, these rules are sufficient...
buys eats comes speaks eats switches kisses wishes lives writes 's' sound ‘z’ sound ‘iz’ sound D、be, do and have Remember these verbs. to be I am I you are you he he she is she it it we we are they they to do do does do to have I have you he she has it ...
The word-final pronunciation of these two consonants varies greatly between dialects. The former can be heard as [x], [χ], [h], [ɾ] or [ɻ], the latter as [ʃ]. These sounds usually assimilate in voicing to a following consonant. They consistently alternate with [ɾ] and [z...