Thread: what constitutes the "s" in .......say pants?
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Old 03-Apr-2008, 18:20
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Default Re: what constitutes the "s" in .......say pants?
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Originally Posted by banderas View Post
Trousers, scissors, pants, glasses, shears, pliers

All of these are plural because they are composed of two symmetrical parts. Shirt is the exception.
You're telling me my shirt is not symmetrical. I just folded it in 2..vertically, I beg to differ.
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