وهذا يعني ان الجمع في اللغة الانجليزية هو المورفيم) S ( وينطق كما هو موضح في الامثلة:
- [s] after sounds like [t], [k], [p] bits, tips, tacks,
- [iz] after [s], [z] bosses, houses, bushes
- [z] after [d], [g], [n] pads, dogs, hens.
-The variants (different pronunciations) in the pronunciation of the plural morpheme ‘-S’ are phonologically conditioned allomorphs.