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2010年5月9日 · As far as I can see, the problem with the phrase 'a pair of glasses' is that the logic of subject verb concord does not meet the logic of personal pronoun substitute. There is a pair of glasses on the table. But: I have a pair of glasses for my poor eyesight. I wear them every day. (as Loob has pointed out). That said, two questions follow:
Glasses, pants, shoes... Are they singular or plural?
2016年2月23日 · a pair of - eyeglasses, scissors, pants (2 legs), shoes, socks, trousers, etc. Here is a fun quiz on pairs. Single items referred to as pairs: a pair of pants/trousers; a pair of underwear; a pair of swimming trunks; a pair of shorts; a pair of jeans; a pair of glasses; a pair of sunglasses; a pair of binoculars; a pair of goggles; a pair of ...
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2014年2月13日 · A pair of glasses, ¿va con verbo en singular o en plural? 1. A pair of glasses has been broken. 2. A pair of glasses have been broken. Yo diría que la correcta es la primera porque es UN SOLO PAR de gafas, otra cosa es que dijese two pairs of glasses, en ese caso estaría claro que es plural, o si dijese solamente glasses, que también es plural.
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2016年1月28日 · These are words that for various historical reason occur only in the plural form. Often they were formerly two-part objects; pants were originally two separate leggings (pantaloons) tied to a belt, glasses were originally two lenses tied together to form a …
eyeglasses, glasses <are/is | it/them > | WordReference Forums
2010年2月21日 · 'Glasses', 'sunglasses', 'binoculars' and so on are strictly plural nouns and always take plural verbs. What is unusual about them is that they have no singular: there is no such thing as *'a sunglass' or *'a binocular', and *'a glass' means something completely different.
This pair of glasses is Li Hong's. Mine <is/are> over there.
2014年7月5日 · This pair of glasses _____ Li Hong's. Mine ____ over there. A is; is B are; are C is; are D are; is I think A is perfect because Mine refers to my pair, the one unit works the same as the first one. But, unfortunately, I was told wrong--- the answer is C.
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2010年7月19日 · It looks to Packard like a pair of glasses, with or without their case. He says "Excuse me! Is that your glasses?" What a very strange thing to say. Why not "Excuse me. There is a pair of glasses on the table at which you were sitting. Perhaps you have inadvertently left them behind." Oh. OK. And I would have said exactly what Packard said
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2014年6月27日 · The College of Optometrists in its interesting history of glasses refers to all types of pairs of glasses as "spectacles". That seems natural to me, too. That seems natural to me, too. As glasses of the above "eyeglass" type are not often seen these days, and allowing that the word spectacles (and terms such as "pince-nez" and "lorgnette") is ...
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2007年5月2日 · Yes, they are even referred to as "a pair" even though it's only one item. Ex: I bought a new pair of sunglasses/eyeglasses.
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2017年7月10日 · Hi, everyone. Say my friend has just bought a pair of sunglasses. I wonder if I could say ‘these sunglasses are so nice’. I mean if I could use ‘these sunglasses’ to replace ‘this pair of sunglasses’. Thanks a lot in advance.