There is a singular and plural form for the noun tongs. The word tongs is actually a shortened form for 'a pair of tongs' (singular), or pairs of tongs (plural). Examples of other shortened forms for 'a pair of' are:
The part of the term is used alone (tongs) because the rest of the term is understood. This form of singular and plural only applies to things that are made by joining two parts to make a single object. For example you can separate a pair of shoes or a pair of socks and you will still have a usable shoe or sock; but if you separate a pair of tongs, or pants, or scissors, they're not of much use.
Tongs is already the plural of tong.
The plural form for the singular noun jeans is two pairs of jeans.The word jeans is one of a group of words that is a shortened form of 'a pair of...'. Some others are pants, trousers, glasses, binoculars, scissors, tongs, etc. They are all singular that use the plural form, such as two pairs of tongs or two pairs of glasses.
The noun 'tongs' is one of a group of nouns sometimes called 'binary nouns', a word for things that require two halves to form a whole object. The binary nouns, like tongs are both singular and plural because they are a shortened form for 'a pair of'. Some examples:a pair of tongs; two pairs of tongsa pair of scissors; two pairs of scissorsa pair of tweezers; two pairs of tweezersa pair of pants; two pairs of pantsa pair of shorts; two pairs of shortsa pair of pajamas; two pairs of pajamasa pair of binoculars; four pairs of binocularsa pair of glasses; two pairs of glasses
The singular form of the demonstrative pronoun 'these' is this.
The singular form of "that" is "it."
The noun "tongs" is a BINARY NOUN, a word for the thing that has two parts that make up the whole. Binary nouns don't have a singular form. Other examples of binary nouns are trousers, pants, tweezers, scissors, etc.
The noun "tongs" is a BINARY NOUN, a word for a thing that has two parts that make up the whole. Binary nouns don't have a singular form. Other examples of binary nouns are scissors, pants, shorts, tweezers, etc.
The noun 'tong' is the singular form, a word for a Chinese association or secret society in the US, frequently associated with underworld criminal activity. The plural form is tongs.The noun 'tongs' is also an uncountable noun, a form of binary noun, a word for something with two parts making up the whole; a shortened form for 'a pair of'.The singular form is a pair of tongs.The plural form is pairs of tongs.
Tongs is already the plural of tong.
The plural form for the singular noun jeans is two pairs of jeans.The word jeans is one of a group of words that is a shortened form of 'a pair of...'. Some others are pants, trousers, glasses, binoculars, scissors, tongs, etc. They are all singular that use the plural form, such as two pairs of tongs or two pairs of glasses.
The noun 'tongs' is one of a group of nouns sometimes called 'binary nouns', a word for things that require two halves to form a whole object. The binary nouns, like tongs are both singular and plural because they are a shortened form for 'a pair of'. Some examples:a pair of tongs; two pairs of tongsa pair of scissors; two pairs of scissorsa pair of tweezers; two pairs of tweezersa pair of pants; two pairs of pantsa pair of shorts; two pairs of shortsa pair of pajamas; two pairs of pajamasa pair of binoculars; four pairs of binocularsa pair of glasses; two pairs of glasses
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The singular form of the demonstrative pronoun 'these' is this.
The singular form of "that" is "it."
The singular form is cuff.
it is already in its singular form.
"Stratum" is the singular form of stratum. The plural form is "strata".