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Yellowstarstruck Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Plural

Hi! Is the below correct? Thanks, Fulvio.
A: How much are the jeans? B: They are $60.
  

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" (It is an odd idiom. ) By the way, "jean" is a type of cloth, like cotton, so "jeans" is naturally plural.

— Doctor D

  • " (It is an odd idiom.
  • ) By the way, "jean" is a type of cloth, like cotton, so "jeans" is naturally plural.
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Yes, "jeans" are plural, as are "pants." (It is an odd idiom. Is it because they have two legs?) By the way, "jean" is a type of cloth, like cotton, so "jeans" is naturally plural.
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I wouldn't call these 'idioms'. English has many binary nouns, words for things made of two parts/units that are plural, for example, binoculars, dividers, glasses (spectacles), jeans, knickers, pants, pincers, pliers, scissors, shorts, tongs, trousers, tweezers. If we use 'a pair of' with these words, we have a singular form - a pair of binoculars, etc.
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