13 июн. 2019 г. · Trousers, pants, eyeglasses, scissors — they all take “are.” They are considered plural, even though in reality each is a singular thing. Beware ...

6 янв. 2020 г. · Trousers, pants, eyeglasses, scissors — they all take “are.” They are considered plural, even though in reality each is a singular thing.

15 нояб. 2020 г. · You cannot have one pant. A pair of pants is singular, because pair is singular. Five pairs of pants is plural for the same reason.

10 апр. 2022 г. · 'A pair of trousers” is one item of clothing. (It is called a pair because there are 2 legs!) “Two pairs of trousers” are 2 items of clothing. ...

31 окт. 2021 г. · Trousers is the plural of Trouser. A Trouser is the single covering for a single leg. A pair of trousers is two trousers sewn together in ...

3 нояб. 2018 г. · 'He wore black trousers' is correct. 'Trousers' is a singular 'pair of pants'. It's a plural because there are two legs, not because there are two 'trouser'.

12 апр. 2019 г. · In U.S. English, two pairs of pants is correct because a pair of pants is a garment for one person and the plural of pair is pairs.

13 июл. 2021 г. · A pair of trousers is two trousers sewn together in the middle for convenience. We call a “pair of trousers”, “trousers" because we are lazy ...

29 дек. 2022 г. · There's no such thing as “a pair of glasses” unless you are wearing two pairs, which is unnatural. You wear glasses. A pair of black trousers is ...

14 апр. 2019 г. · The English plural noun “pair” covers all to do with two — so, jeans or pants, trousers, shorts, breeches (britches), bloomers, nickers, tights ...