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"Running with scissors" is one of these really stupid things that your mom told you to not do. If a person is described as "runs with scissors", that means that they are intentionally stupid and either dangerous or suicidal.
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Are all nouns that have plural form plural in meaning?
No! Consider: trousers jeans pyjamas pants scissors spectacles glasses (meaning spectacles).
What is a sentence for scissors?
Can you pass me the scissors, please?Be careful with the scissors because they are sharp.I have lost the scissors again.He had scissors on his hands instead of fingers.
How do you spell scissors correctly?
That is the correct spelling.
What is the possessive form of scissors?
The singular form is a pair of scissors.The plural form is pairs of scissors.The plural possessive form is pairs of scissors'.
Is scissors a common noun?
The noun scissors is both the plural and singular form. The noun scissors belongs to a group of nouns that are words for things that require two parts to make the whole. The noun scissors is a shortened for for a 'pair of scissors'. The plural form is 'pairs of scissors.
What is the meaning of the safety symbol for scissors?
nothing
What is the meaning of leather shears?
Scissors that cut leather
What you the plural of scissor?
Scissor is a verb meaning to cut with scissors; to move in a way resembling the action of scissors. It has no plural formThe noun is scissors. Scissors is both the plural and singular form. The noun scissors belongs to a group of nouns that are words for things that require two parts to make the whole. The noun scissors is a shortened for for a 'pair of scissors'. The plural form is 'pairs of scissors.
Plurals in form but singular in meaning?
pants, trouser, scissors, tweezers
What verbs agree with nouns like scissors and pants?
Words like scissors or pants are examples of words with a plural form but a singular meaning. The verbs that go with them agree with their plural form, not with the meaning (which is singular): These scissors need sharpening. (not "This scissors needs sharpening.") These pants go well with my yellow blouse. (not "This pants goes well with my yellow blouse.") But this is an aspect of English which is slowly changing. These days you will often hear 'This scissors needs sharpening' - and sometimes even see it written. A teacher will still mark it wrong though.
What is the meaning of scissors?
A cutting instrument resembling shears, but smaller, consisting of two cutting blades with handles, movable on a pin in the center, by which they are held together. Often called a pair of scissors.
Are all nouns that have plural form plural in meaning?
No! Consider: trousers jeans pyjamas pants scissors spectacles glasses (meaning spectacles).
Is scissor a noun?
No, the word 'scissor' is a verb, meaning to cut with scissors, to move the legs back and forth in a way resembling the action of scissors.The noun form is 'scissors', a plural noun with no singular form. The noun 'scissors' is a binary noun, a word for something made up of two parts that form the whole (scissors, pants, glasses, etc.). Units of binary nouns are expressed by nouns called a 'noun counter', for example, a pair of scissors or two pairs of scissors.
What is a sentence for scissors?
Can you pass me the scissors, please?Be careful with the scissors because they are sharp.I have lost the scissors again.He had scissors on his hands instead of fingers.
Is it paper scissors rock or rock paper scissors?
Rock, Paper, Scissors.
How do you spell scissors correctly?
That is the correct spelling.
What is the possessive form of scissors?
The singular form is a pair of scissors.The plural form is pairs of scissors.The plural possessive form is pairs of scissors'.
