Like the past tense “ed”, the plural and possessive “s” has three different sounds in spoken English.
These are:
/ez/ as in the wordz churches & marshes
/s/ as in the wordz cats & stops
/z/ as in the wordz loves & hugs
In order to improve your American English pronunciation you must learn the rules for saying these word endings correctly. Non native English speakers often fail to pronounce word final “s” at all.
Failing to pronounce word final sounds create both grammatical and pronunciation mistakes that will definitely contribute to your foreign accent!
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