S. S has a hissing sound, as
sibilation,
sister.
A single s seldom ends any word, except in the third person of verbs, as loves, grows; and the plurals of nouns, as trees, bushes, distresses; the pronouns this, his, ours, yours, us; the adverb thus; and words derived from Latin, as rebus, surplus; the close being always either in se, as house, horse, or in ss, as grass, dress, bliss, less, anciently grasse, dresse.
S, single at the end of words, has a grosser sound, like that of
z, as
trees,
eyes, except
this,
thus,
us,
rebus,
surplus.
It sounds like
z before
ion, if a vowel goes before it, as
intrusion; and like
s, if it follows a consonant, as
conversion.
It sounds like z before e mute, as refuse, and before y final, as rosy; and in those words, bosom, desire, wisdom, prison, prisoner, present, present, damsel, casement.
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