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- 05-Aug-2011, 08:20 #1
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nail clipper/clippers Should it be 'nail clipper' or 'nail clippers'?
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- 05-Aug-2011, 08:25 #2
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Teacher Re: nail clipper/clippers Both are correct.
- 05-Aug-2011, 11:26 #3
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Teacher Re: nail clipper/clippers 
I've never met the singular. I thought they were like scissors or shears (or any tool with paired blades, I guess).
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- 05-Aug-2011, 14:06 #4
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- 06-Aug-2011, 10:35 #5
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Teacher Re: nail clipper/clippers COCA has 'nai clippers' outnumbering 'nail clipper' to 44 to 19, But BNC has a unanimous plural. I guess Rover's time in America exposed him to the singular.
Originally Posted by Raymott 
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- 06-Aug-2011, 13:29 #6
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Teacher Re: nail clipper/clippers I have only heard the plural in BrE too.
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