I'm a young folk who can think of me as your friendly guide to the English language.

We talk about writing, history, rules, and cool stuff.

Today, we'll talk about some weird nouns that are always plural, and then we'll go to

dimensional and talk about flat adverbs.

If you're deep in the world of fashion influencers on Instagram, or have ever caught an episode

of a fashion reality show, then you might have heard phrases like, my go-to evening look

is a smoky eye and red lip, or this outfit could be completed with a tailored pant.

If you've never done those things bare with me, anyway, you get the idea.

Sometimes there's an assumption of an implied plural when singular versions of words are

used. You'd have to be pretty avant-garde to put lipstick on one lip, or eye makeup on

only one eye.

Well you'd be more likely to refer to eyes, lips, and trousers outside of fashion terminology.

We're all familiar with what one eye looks like, but what is a singular pant, or for

British listeners, trouser? They don't exist.

Pants, when referring to the clothing you'd pop on your legs, is an example of a plerale

tantum that's Latin for plural only.

In other words, a noun that's used only in the plural form.

If you're a native English speaker, you might not have even noticed you're using them,

but here are a whole load of examples that you've almost certainly said, and how they

ended up as pleralea tantum.

First scissors.

The first known uses of the word scissors are actually singular, spelled in a variety of

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