•Progressive assimilation refers to
one sound preceding and affecting
the following sound. The most common types of these sounds are the inflections of
conjugation and plural forms.
The “-s” suffix following the voiceless
consonants is always
pronounced as /s/ and always pronounced as /z/ if following a vowel or a voiced
consonant. For example:
• 2. love loves
• 3. lie lies
•
• 4. lie lied
• 5. look looked
• 6. love loved