and is made plural by adding " pairs" to make it plural?
2006-07-23 12:45:02 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
Yes and no
By this I mean that you have a pair of slippers -This is collective
Eg A pair of slippers is on the mat.
While, slippers by itself is not collective
Eg. The slippers are very dirty.
In this example, you could be talking about many pairs of slippers.
2006-07-23 17:07:24 · answer #1 · answered by molly 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Slippers is a plural noun. You don't buy a slippers, you buy a PAIR of slippers. Pair is collective.
2006-07-23 15:23:40 · answer #2 · answered by teacher1628 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No its a plural of the noun slipper.
You can have one slipper as well as two slippers.
2006-07-23 12:49:17 · answer #3 · answered by ukstubby 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because you can have a single slipper.
Or three, or five... slippers.
Or one pair. In which case, "pair" is a collective noun, not "slippers"
2006-07-23 12:49:41 · answer #4 · answered by IanP 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure. Like in the pocket of my pants- no, in my shorts- there are my scissors.
2006-07-23 12:48:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-07-23 12:49:05 · answer #6 · answered by dgtdsgn 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋