Is the letter "s" always hissed?
I was reading Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis. It says that the letter"s"(or"S") is always hissed in phpnetic respellings. I don't know what "phonetic respellings" mean, thus I don't know if it is always hissed or is sometimes pronounced"z"in some words like "words" "wins" "tons" "owns" etc.

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Is the letter "s" always hissed?
I was reading Word Power Made  Easy by Norman Lewis. It says that the letter"s"(or"S") is always hissed in phpnetic respellings. I don't know what "phonetic respellings" mean, thus I don't know if it is always hissed or is sometimes pronounced"z"in some words like "words" "wins"  "tons" "owns" etc.

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Also, close: 'to close a door' uses a Z sound.

The 'S' is not always hissed :)

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Thanks for the answers. Now I know what a phonetic respelling is and that "s" is not always hissed.

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rose uses a Z (and use) :-)

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