If you add an s to the end of a word, in order to make it plural, do you up the

Question: If you add an s to the end of a word, in order to make it plural, do you up the syllable count by 1!?

Ex:
Fan
Fan-s!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

Yes and no

Yes to:
Piece/ pieces
Face/faces
Chase/chases
Vase/vases

No to:
Fan/fans
Beer/Beers
Banana/bananasWww@QuestionHome@Com

You can just as easily use the "clapping" technique to figure that one is one syllable only, nothing added!.

Now, if you add an "es" it's different!. In a majority of cases, it adds one syllable;
Ex!. Watch
Watch-es

In other instances (sometimes more humorous ones), an "i" is needed at the end of a word to make it plural, and although I can't think of any examples (hippopatomi instead of hippopotamuses is what I'm kind of getting at) it usually adds 1 more syllable!.

And an "m" may also be necessary (in even rarer cases), generally adding one syllable just like the "i" and "es"!.
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SHORT ANSWER;
No, only "es" adds syllables!.!.!.

Hope I somewhat answered this!.!.!.:)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Adding an s to a word only sometimes increases the syllable count!.
ex!. fan = 1 count !.!.!.!.!. fans = 1 count
face = 1 count !.!.!.!.!. face-s = 2 counts

Adding an es to the end of a word also only sometimes increases the syllable count!.
ex!. buf-fa-lo = 3 counts !.!.!.!. buf-fa-loes = 3 counts
brush = 1 count !.!.!.!. brush-es = 2 counts

The words that pluralize differently seem to remain the same syllable count, but I may just not have thought of the right words for examples!.
ex!. da-ta = 2 counts !.!.!.!. da-tum = 2 counts
oc-to-pus = 3 counts !.!.!.!.!. oc-to-pi = 3 counts
goose = 1 count !.!.!.!.!. geese = 1 count

If you're having trouble telling how many syllables a word is, the best method I've found is the chin count!. You exaggerate the word as you speak it, so that your mouth moves much wider than it usually would!. Then, keeping your hand on your chin- it makes it easier, trust me- you count how many times your chin goes down!.

Or you can just look the word up in the dictionary!. When it shows how to pronounce the word, it breaks it up into the syllables!. You could just count that!.

Hope that all help!. I disagreed with some of the examples in the other answers, but I checked the dictionary!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

!.!.!. no , not ordinarily!.An "s" after a consonant produces no additional syllable sound and syllables are an auditory phenomenon!.!.!.
!.!.!. but exceptions exist when you are adding an "s" after a vowel "e" !.!.!.!. ex!.!.please!.!. pleases , crease!.!.creases, extravagance!.!.extravagances
!.!.!.but not after the vowel "a" like in extravaganza!.!.extravaganzas

!.!.!.there are also exceptions to the exceptions !.!.!. ex!. !.!.!.!.syllable!.!.!.syllables , parable!.!.!.parables!.!.!. apple, apples

Ah English! so simple! such subtly!

Phonetics was supposed to make it easier!Www@QuestionHome@Com

At the risk of being labeled grammar boy I will answer off the top of my head

If the singular form of a noun ends in a vowel generally you just add "s" and the number of syllables remains the same!.

If the word ends in a consonant all bets are off!.

fan!. !. !. fans

fetus!. !. !. fetuses

matrix!. !. !. matrices

Please! lets not get into transitive v!. intransitive verbs!.

Suffice it to say that the English Language is befuddling, I wish I could learn ChineseWww@QuestionHome@Com

It might for some, but I know it doesn't for all of them!. I mean look at the word plants!. I looked it up and it's only one syllable either way!. It might only be for a couple, but I know that it doesn't always add a syllable!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

For words like dog/dogs - no
But for words like ice/ices - yesWww@QuestionHome@Com

no,not alwaysWww@QuestionHome@Com

noWww@QuestionHome@Com