Collins Cobuild English Grammar (182 page)

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bush
bushes
glass
glasses
box
boxes
bus
buses

The plural is also written
es
and pronounced
/
I
z/
after
ch
, when the
ch
is pronounced
/tʃ/
.

church
churches
match
matches
speech
speeches
R5
      When the
s
follows one of the sounds
/f/
,
/k/
,
/p/
,
/t/
, or
/θ/
, it is pronounced
/s/
.
belief
beliefs
week
weeks
cap
caps
pet
pets
moth
moths
R6
      When the
s
follows one of the sounds
/
S
/
,
/z/
, or
/ʤ/
, it is pronounced
/

/
.
service
services
prize
prizes
age
ages

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