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- Jun 18, 2026
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I have a question which is not very relevent with CFA but i’m sure you (english natives) can help me. I have no friend whose english is mother language.
My friend and me, we discussed about the good pronunciation of the letter “s” in plurial words, for example “assumptions”, “politicians”, “nations”,…
i think the “s” in the three examples must be pronunced as /z/ as in “words”, “calls”, “bags”,.. Because the 3 words are terminated by letter “n”.
But my friend said the letter “s” must be pronunced as /s/ as in “steps”, “books”, “hats”,.. He argued that the ending letter “n” is never pronunced, that’s why my rule is not aplicable.
He and me, who is right?
many thanks.
My friend and me, we discussed about the good pronunciation of the letter “s” in plurial words, for example “assumptions”, “politicians”, “nations”,…
i think the “s” in the three examples must be pronunced as /z/ as in “words”, “calls”, “bags”,.. Because the 3 words are terminated by letter “n”.
But my friend said the letter “s” must be pronunced as /s/ as in “steps”, “books”, “hats”,.. He argued that the ending letter “n” is never pronunced, that’s why my rule is not aplicable.
He and me, who is right?
many thanks.