'two pairs' of something

is it wrong to say (as a grammar book says) that you have 2 pairs or 3, as the case in plural may be, of shoes or whatever? Is 'I have 3 pairs of shoes' wrong, grammmatically?
To me it seems perfectly ok.

[2006]

Originally Posted by mr.curious

is it wrong to say (as a grammar book says) that you have 2 pairs or 3, as the case in plural may be, of shoes or whatever? Is 'I have 3 pairs of shoes' wrong, grammmatically?
To me it seems perfectly ok.

It is perfectly ok. (but put a period after ''shoes'')

[BobK]

Originally Posted by mr.curious

is it wrong to say (as a grammar book says) that you have 2 pairs or 3, as the case in plural may be, of shoes or whatever? Is 'I have 3 pairs of shoes' wrong, grammmatically?
To me it seems perfectly ok.

Lose that grammar book! What else could you say? 'I have 6 shoes, 3 left and 3 right, with each of the 3 matching 1 of the other 3'?

b

[Soup]

noun, plural. pair or pairs.

USAGE NOTE After a number other than one, pair itself can be either singular or plural, but the plural is now more common: She bought six pairs (or pair) of stockings.

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