3 мар. 2016 г. · "The scissors" is plural. However when you say "a pair of scissors", you are referring to one pair, hence it's singular.

1 янв. 2020 г. · Merriam Axtarishster: Scissors is an example of a plurale tantum, or an English word that only has a plural form that represents a singular object.

27 дек. 2017 г. · Scissors is plural, like trousers, and that must be followed by a singular. The sentence can be made grammatically correct in two ways: by ...

15 янв. 2020 г. · "Scissors" is a plural except in special circumstances. In Modern English, scissors has no singular form.

17 сент. 2017 г. · Some words, such as trousers, glasses, scissors, are semantically singular, but syntactically plural. Others, such as rickets and measles, are ...

26 авг. 2014 г. · Exactly what I would have said. Scissors (general objects) cut paper. A pair of scissors (a single object) cuts paper. In Rock-Paper-Scissors ...

29 июл. 2021 г. · All you're saying here is that if the "pair" is included, the np is always singular - and if not, jeans, scissors, shoes are always plural. But ...

7 мая 2017 г. · These "only plural" nouns are an oddity, and you should not say "one scissors" instead you should use the expression "one pair of scissors".

5 мар. 2020 г. · Now, you might have noticed something here: "scissors" can be either a countable noun or an uncountable noun depending on whether we refer to it ...

7 мая 2021 г. · One earring is singular. Two earrings are plural. There's no special case here like there is with scissors. Usually one would say "I hope you like them," ...