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Examples of words that end in s?

Here are some examples of words ending in "s":

Nouns:

* Singular: bus, glass, kiss, box, fox

* Plural: cats, dogs, birds, trees, houses

* Proper Nouns: Jones, Davis, Williams, Paris, London

Verbs:

* Third Person Singular Present Tense: runs, walks, talks, sings, writes

* Present Participle (Gerund): reading, writing, running, swimming, dancing

Adjectives:

* Comparative: bigger, faster, stronger, colder, higher

* Superlative: biggest, fastest, strongest, coldest, highest

Other:

* Pronouns: its, hers, yours, theirs

* Prepositions: across, towards, besides

* Conjunctions: because, unless, whereas

* Interjections: oops, shh, phew

Words that are often confused:

* "s" vs. "es": The plural of words ending in "s", "x", "ch", "sh", and "z" is formed by adding "es". (e.g., buses, boxes, churches, wishes, buzzes).

* "s" vs. "ies": The plural of words ending in "y" preceded by a consonant is formed by changing "y" to "i" and adding "es". (e.g., baby - babies, lady - ladies).

This is just a small sample, and there are countless other words that end in "s".

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