PLURAL-ONLY NOUNS These nouns do not exist in the singular | Oxford IELTS

PLURAL-ONLY NOUNS

These nouns do not exist in the singular form

Clothing
* panties, boxers, briefs, tights
* jeans, pants, pyjamas, shorts, trousers

Tools
* headphones
* pliers, scissors, tongs, tweezers
* binoculars, glasses, goggles, sunglasses

Because the above examples have two parts, we can refer to them as "pair of" or "pairs of" to quantify them.
To talk about one item we can say a pair of, one pair of, my pair of, this pair of etc.

I need a new pair of sunglasses.
I'd like to buy one pair of boxers and two pairs of jeans.


Other Plural-Only Nouns
* earnings
* belongings, clothes
* congratulations, thanks
* outskirts, premises, surroundings

If your clothes are wet you can dry them upstairs.
Make sure your belongings are tagged with your name before you check them in.
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