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The Pronunciation of se at the end of words
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miss noor
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The Pronunciation of se at the end of words
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Hi,
Tommorow I am going to teach my sts these words:
decrease
increase
disease
decrease and increase have the same sound at the end s
but disease has the sound z .
Why is there difference here however three words end with se ?
Thanks in advance,
Noor |
4 Jan 2010
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maoopa
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The difference is really simple, if you look carefully, you �ll note that desease is the only word with two consecutive "s" sounds; that makes the second one sound like a "z".
As far as I understand, it is not a rule but a natural phenomenom in phonetics.
I hope my answer helps,
Best regards,
Mauro
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4 Jan 2010
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Mar0919
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Actually, both "s" sound as "z"... like Mauro states, there are some unexplainable phonetic sounds that just "are". For example this prefix "dis" is not always pronounced the same, like in the case of "disease" where the "s" sounds like "z" and in other words like "dislike" the "s" maintains the same "s" sound...
is this too confusing?  |
4 Jan 2010
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yanogator
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Noor,
I �m not sure, but I think it �s because "ease" is pronounced with the "z" sound, like "displease" and "disclose". The noun "disuse" has an "s" sound, because "use" (as a noun) has an "s" sound.
Bruce |
5 Jan 2010
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