{"id":377,"date":"2013-07-14T13:47:39","date_gmt":"2013-07-14T13:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/?page_id=377"},"modified":"2013-07-14T13:49:10","modified_gmt":"2013-07-14T13:49:10","slug":"ose","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/?page_id=377","title":{"rendered":"<ose>"},"content":{"rendered":"

This tip deals with words ending in <ose>, but not those ending in <oose>.<\/p>\n

First, there is the word lose<\/em> which is pronounced lu\u02d0z<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Secondly, we have close<\/em>. \u00a0If this is an adjective meaning “near”, then it is pronounced kl\u0259\u028as<\/span>. It also has this pronunciation if it is a noun meaning “an enclosed space”. However, if it is a verb meaning “to shut” or if it is the related noun meaning “end” then the pronunciation is kl\u0259\u028az<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Thirdly, there are a lot of words where the ending is \u0259\u028az<\/span>. \u00a0Here are quite a few of them, but not all:<\/p>\n

chose compose depose decompose diagnose disclose dispose enclose expose foreclose hose impose interpose juxtapose metamorphose Montrose nose oppose pose primrose propose prose repose rose superimpose suppose those transpose<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Finally, words where the ending is pronounced \u0259\u028as<\/span>. \u00a0Again I have left out the less common words:<\/p>\n

bellicose comatose dose fructose glucose grandiose morose overdose otiose purpose verbose viscose<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This tip deals with words ending in <ose>, but not those ending in <oose>. First, there is the word lose which is pronounced lu\u02d0z. Secondly, we have close. \u00a0If this is an adjective meaning “near”, then it is pronounced kl\u0259\u028as. It also has this pronunciation if it is a noun meaning “an enclosed space”. However, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":13,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/377"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=377"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":383,"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/377\/revisions\/383"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogjam.name\/EPTips\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}