22 февр. 2020 г. · It would be "do you know where the scissors ARE?" for the scissors are in pairs. Other objects that are similar are shoes and pants, since they are "pairs."

14 окт. 2012 г. · Scissors is one of those unusual words that does not have a singular. (Basically, the singular would be "knife" or "blade", ...

15 мая 2021 г. · I think you're right. Scissors is a plural noun, so it shouldn't be used with the article “a.” I would have just taken out the “a” to have ...

29 нояб. 2020 г. · Scissors are sax (singular), pants are byxor (plural) though byxa (singular) is a word that exists, glasses are glasögon (plural).

14 июн. 2024 г. · Pants and scissors both historically came in two pieces and were named a pair. A bikini is a modern invention, and includes two parts that are ...

7 дек. 2023 г. · “A scissors” is common enough when spoken. The more correct use would be “a pair of scissors” or “the scissors.”

9 сент. 2022 г. · Scissors is definitely grammatically plural in standard English, and we use the phrase pair of scissors to "singularise" it. https://www.merriam ...

13 июн. 2024 г. · There are four scissors - provided that they are in working order, i.e. they sciss.

20 мая 2024 г. · Scissor is a verb, not a noun. It's the same thing that happened for shears. It's plural because it's made of two bits, but you can't separate ...

14 янв. 2017 г. · In English generally speaking any device made up of two roughly symmetrical parts is called by a plural noun. This is true for scissors, pants, ...