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How do you pronounce the final `s' in ``Charles's''?
The final ``s'' is pronounced like the ``es'' in words like ``houses'', ``blouses'', and ``noses''. It sounds like the word ``is''.Source:
The Hindu daily, Tuesday, May 22, 2001
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| Definition: | (noun) The system of numbering pages. |
| Synonyms: | folio, paging |
| Usage: | The editions of Holy Writ are so numerous that he could hardly suppose that two copies would have the same pagination. |
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