By Plurals, Pronunciation

Re: Diva

Hi New2grammar The following is for your information. It answers your question.Main Entry: di·va Pronunciation: \ˈdē-və\ Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural divas or di·ve \-(ˌ)vā\ 1 a: prima donna 1 b: prima donna 22: a usually glamorous and successful female performer or personality...

Re: Plural of s = s'es?

Hi Pter Thanks. That's where I am confused. I thought the pronunciation need to match the spelling and therefore "es". Now I know that this is not necessary. I just checked my pronouncing dictionary and surprised to find that it lists all the pronunciations of the plurals of...

Re: Plural of s = s'es?

Seems that we are talking about different dictionaries instead of different versions. The name on the page you quoted does not have "Webster's". Anyway, why we need a plural for PS? A postscript is a short remark. Although it is possible that the "short" remark is not...

Re: Plural of nouns: Pronunciation.

I've asked a similar question before. My question was the pronounciation of the final "s", not just plural of nouns. See this thread:http://www.englishforums.com/English/SAndZ/zkcdm/post.htmI've made a summary of what I've learnt at the end of the thread.

Re: Plural of nouns: Pronunciation.

you can give me some example with te use of the extra sound

Re: Are men more intelligent than women

Hi,According to your dictionary (and to Merriam-Webster), they are both fine. Geniuses is the regular English plural, while genii is the original Latin plural.This often happens with words that come from Latin. For instance,aquarium => aquariums or aquariastadium => stadiums or...

Re: Are men more intelligent than women

No, it should be 'geniuses'. Main Entry: ge·nie Pronunciation: \ˈjē-nē\ Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural ge·nies also ge·nii \ˈjē-nē(-ˌī)\ Etymology: French génie, from Arabic jinnī Date: 1748 1 : jinni 1 2 : a magic spirit believed to take human form...

Re: the single and plural forms of debris

Math Entry: debris Pronunciation: de-’brê, dã-’, ‘dã-1, Brit usa ‘de-(,)brè Function: noun Inflected Form: plural debris \-‘brez, -,brez\ Etymology: French debris, from Middle French, from debriser to break to pieces, from Old French debrisier, from de- + brisier to break, of Celtic origin;...

Re: house's roof

Grammar Geek wrote:Yes, the same.Hi,I thought it was different. So adding an s changes the pronunciation in any case, whether it is a plural or not? I thought it was...Houses --> rhymes with rosesHouse's --> rhymes with glassesThanks

Re: How's and House - are they pronounced differently?

Anonymous wrote: Sadly I made a mistake in my previous posting: the correct phoneme symbol for the s's in 'houses' is indeed /z/, although of course English /z/ can be rather /s/-like. Hi,I am now confused even more than before. House is pronounced ?