16 авг. 2017 г. · Yes: "Scissors are one of the most ingenious and useful tools ever devised." I'd drop the redundant definite article. It's not needed with a ...

24 мая 2015 г. · Scissors should always be plural. People make mistakes from time to time, of course, but that doesn't change the fact that "scissors is" would ...

9 июл. 2013 г. · Hi Scissors usually take the form of plural. But I'm not clear which of the following sentences is right: 1. They are scissors

11 июн. 2018 г. · 'Scissors' is plural, 'pair of scissors' is singular. These scissors are cheap; this pair of scissors is cheap. So you can make questions with ...

18 сент. 2012 г. · The word "scissors" is plural, which rules out "This is....". In that situation, I would answer "Those are scissors", or "That is a pair of ...

5 июл. 2015 г. · No. Never. 'Scissors' is an uncountable noun. How will we show that this is one piece of scissors.

25 сент. 2014 г. · It's used as a singular only in situations such as your example - where it's being used as a modifier rather than a noun. Even when it's a ...

24 нояб. 2019 г. · Usually, "pair of scissors" is used only when there is a number: one pair of scissors, two pairs of scissors, etc.

10 авг. 2010 г. · When scissors denotes a cutting implement, it can be either plural or singular. For example, both hand me those scissors and hand me that ...

22 мая 2007 г. · Scissors is always plural in American English because scissors come in pairs: one pair of scissors, two pairs of scissors, three pairs of ...