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minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·13 hours agoBring a pair of kitchen scissors, and awe them by separating the halves
minus-squarecalcopiritus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-26 hours agoWhy is a pair of scissors separated in halves? Shouldn’t a pair of scissors be separated into 2 unit scissor? EDIT: so you would have 2 half pair of scissors? A pair of half pair of scissors?
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 hour agoApparently this oddity has a term pants is an example of a plurale tantum—a word only ever used in its plural form But I don’t see anything makings sense of it
Bring a pair of kitchen scissors, and awe them by separating the halves
Why is a pair of scissors separated in halves? Shouldn’t a pair of scissors be separated into 2 unit scissor?
EDIT: so you would have 2 half pair of scissors? A pair of half pair of scissors?
Apparently this oddity has a term
But I don’t see anything makings sense of it