Are Suspenders Plural or Singular?
December 8, 2022
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Suspenders are plural-only because they are made of pairs/parts/pieces. Plural-only nouns have no singular noun form.
nouns
Nouns name people, places, things and ideas. They’re one of the 8 main parts of speech that make up language, and they’re around us everywhere. There are many types of nouns; some of which are concrete or abstract, common or proper, singular or plural.
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What’s the Plural of Trousers?
December 7, 2022
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Trousers is only referred to as a plural noun, and has no singular noun form.
Are Shorts Plural or Singular?
December 7, 2022
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Shorts are a plural noun with no singular noun form because shorts are made of pairs.
What’s the Plural of Offspring?
December 4, 2022
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Offspring is a mass noun with no plural form.
Are Glasses Singular or Plural?
December 4, 2022
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Glasses are a ‘plural-only’ noun, and are only used as a plural noun. Objects that are made up of parts/pieces/pairs are called plural-only.
What’s the Plural of Pants?
December 4, 2022
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Pants are a plural-only noun, with no singular noun form, since pants are made up of parts. As a singular, pants are called ‘a pair of pants’.
What’s the Plural of Swine?
December 4, 2022
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Swine is used for both the singular and plural forms of swine (as in the ruminant, the pig).
Are Scissors Singular or Plural?
December 4, 2022
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Often called ‘a pair of scissors,’ scissors are only referred to as a plural, since it’s made up of parts.
What’s the Plural of Chateau?
December 3, 2022
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Chateau, which comes from the French, accepts chateaux and chateaus as a plural noun.
What’s the Plural of Species?
November 28, 2022
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Species is plural for species. Species is already a plural noun.