You cannot form irregular plurals by standard means, ie, adding -(e)s ending (one example is children ). 'Girls' is a regular plural formed by standard means. In the genitive case, it is both pronounced and written without the -s suffix:

Dear friend, else's - Charles' - - even though there is not -'s in writing, it is generally pronounced. boys' - - the suffix is neither written nor pronounced with regular plurals (unlike irregular ones, cf children's - )

Thanks for the answers Avangi and CJ. CJ, my first language is Brazilian Portuguese, so the sound of D and T depends on where the letter is in the word. And we have D an T sounds that are just the same as in english, but we don't have words

I'm having a problem to pronounce words ending in CH followed by T or D, for example: There's not mu CH D ifference I like to wat CH T V Interesting problem. The CH is really T + SH, so maybe that T component of CH is interfering with the

Edit. I know that's not very clear. The dwell is going to sound the same whether you say "watch" or "wash," but when you don't have to worry about adding "TV," your mind is free to concentrate on starting the

I'd say a dwell rather than a pause, if by "pause" you mean silence. Of course, practice makes perfect. I'd suggest consciously prolonging the "ch," when practicing. Use the "Watch TV" example, and continue

Hello I'm having a problem to pronounce words ending in CH followed by T or D, for example: There's not mu CH D ifference I like to wat CH T V It happens when I'm talking fastly, the sound of CH sounds like SH, "watch"

Hello The other day I was talking to a friend of mine, and he started talking about words that have the same spell, but different pronunciation, the Homographs. Then I realized that I didn't know much about it, so I'm here to ask you if

Hi, For vowels in (British) English, you might try the BBC's phonetic chart: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/sounds/chart.shtml

The word "the" in your last sentence, which you read aloud, sounded correct. (In the phrase "the article.") I will also use it on my sound file. The boy ate the apple. /fs/1257967220860.mp3.at.ashx