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1. UNbalance 

 UNcompatible

 INcomplete

INdecent

 UNglorious

UNgratitude

ILlegal

ILliterate

IMmature

 IMperfect

 IMpossible

IRrational

 IRresponsible

 INsane

 DIStolerant

UNvariable

The reason some of the prefixes are different is because of there roots. Prefixes are simply the befores and an add on to these words but they are all different. This all has to do with there roots or base.

2. The Case of the Shifting Plural Suffix

The use of the plural -s has three different ways of pronunciation.

a. The plural sounds like /s/ for words like bat, book, cough, and ship.

b. However, it sounds like /z/ for words like cab, cave, lad, rag, and thing.

c. And the plural sounds like /ez/ for words like bus, bush, church, judge, and maze.

First, identify the phoneme that comes just before the plural in each of these words.

Now, can you discover what these sets of sounds (the final phoneme of the word and the phoneme for the type of plural it uses) have in common?

The one thing they have in common is the sound. They both make a word plural and have a /s/ or /z/ sound. These are both the phonetic styles but it works. Some actually sound more vocied with a /z/ and the rest are almost voicless with /s/.