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Education & Reference by Anonymous 2018-07-11 05:13:47
Social Science
Does the "s" at the end of a word count as a syllable? e.g., blossoms?
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Anonymous
No. A consonant (like "s") alone is never a syllable.
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Anonymous
No, of course not. "Blossom" has 2 syllables. "Blossoms" also has 2 syllables. Some plurals are formed by adding a whole syllable; "fox" has 1 syllable but "foxes" has 2 syllables. But in most words, like "blossoms," the plural does not add a syllable.