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Can Y'all Give An Example Of A "Plurale Tantum"? I'll start...PANTS

A plurale tantum (Latin for "plural only", plural form: pluralia tantum) is a noun that appears only in the plural form and does not have a singular variant for referring to a single object.

Posted - September 17, 2019
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  • This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at September 17, 2019 10:35 PM MDT
      September 17, 2019 9:48 AM MDT
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  • 10026
    After reading this whole thread, this picture is the perfect conclusion to this side of it!!
    I am cracking up!
    :) :)
      September 17, 2019 12:20 PM MDT
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  • 10026
    If I am understanding the question correctly, binoculars might be one?
      September 17, 2019 12:23 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    So far, you may be the ONLY one who answered perfectly correctly.  
      September 17, 2019 12:30 PM MDT
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  • 10026
    Happy! Happy!
    On that note, I must run to work.
    Have a great day, sweets!
      September 17, 2019 12:37 PM MDT
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  • 34482
    Eye glasses
      September 17, 2019 2:53 PM MDT
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  • 16841
    Nope, you can definitely have one eyeglass - also known as a monocle.

      September 17, 2019 11:27 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    That doesn't make glasses less of a plural tantum.  Regardless.

    Just because another word describes  eyewear with a single lens, it doesn't matter.  Scissors have singulars too.  I call them knives.  
      September 17, 2019 11:32 PM MDT
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  • 34482
    Could not have said it better myself. :)
      September 18, 2019 4:17 AM MDT
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  • 34482
    clothes
      September 17, 2019 3:21 PM MDT
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  • 2836
    Yep.  Both of your responses correct
      September 17, 2019 3:50 PM MDT
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  • 23664
    I read that too quickly as "Plural Tantrum"

    oh, well :)
    ha!


    Image result for group of children tantrum gif This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at September 18, 2019 10:25 AM MDT
      September 17, 2019 9:41 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    Love it. Better answer. LOL 
      September 17, 2019 11:33 PM MDT
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  • 23664
    :)
    Thanks!
      September 18, 2019 7:39 AM MDT
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  • Welby, that's funny. 
    Looks like what Jon and I do every time m2c moderates us.  LOL!
      September 18, 2019 10:25 AM MDT
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  • 17620
    jeans, pants, panties
      September 17, 2019 10:31 PM MDT
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