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The word "scissors" is always plural, even if the sense is singular. "
- The word "scissors" is always plural, even if the sense is singular.
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The word "scissors" is always plural, even if the sense is singular. The given sentence should be: "The scissors I gave you are expensive." For more than one scissors, the word is still scissors: "Give me those two scissors on the table there." There is no such noun in English as "scissor." There is a verb "scissor," however, for example: "We'll scissor them between our two teams."
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But:
If the words 'pair of' precede 'scissors', use a singular verb:
The pair of scissors is in the drawer.
'Scissors', in this example, is the object of the preposition 'of'.
The subject is 'pair': The pair [of scissors] is in the drawer.
If the words 'pair of' precede 'scissors', use a singular verb:
The pair of scissors is in the drawer.
'Scissors', in this example, is the object of the preposition 'of'.
The subject is 'pair': The pair [of scissors] is in the drawer.
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I double checked in the dictionary and the word "scissor" can mean the same thing as "scissors." So your original sentence is technically correct. However, you would rarely, if ever, hear the word "scissor" used like this today.
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