You cut once, use one hands, for one item, but its a plural noun.
2007-02-08 01:37:23 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
prob. the same reason you wear a pair of jeans and not just one :)
2007-02-08 01:40:09 · answer #1 · answered by joey7638 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called a collective noun and there are plenty of examples in English: pants, clothes, shorts, jeans, etc.
Often there is some kind of implied plurality: scissors have 2 blades, pants have 2 legs, etc.
2007-02-08 12:26:12 · answer #2 · answered by JP 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's actually a "pair" of scissors ! hence the plural, meening two ! I gather the scissor hands would be offcoarse BOTH blades ! We don't say can you pass the scissor hands as you need both scissor hands for the device to be effective ! Nice One.
2007-02-08 01:45:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because there are 2 blades. Scissor is singular and Scissors is plural.
2007-02-08 01:43:06 · answer #4 · answered by BarbKor 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The word scissors evolved from the Latin " scissio " meaning an action or process of cutting, dividing, or splitting.
2007-02-08 01:58:42 · answer #5 · answered by lurned1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pretty much for the same reason "pants" is plural. It is comprised of two parts.
2007-02-08 01:40:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
because the two sliding blades were originally separated. But because ppl almost always used them together, newer models had them screwed together, which is today's usage.
2007-02-08 08:38:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because you use scissors to cut the wools off the sheeps.
2007-02-08 01:45:12 · answer #8 · answered by limey_not_lime 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Maybe because there are two blades?
2007-02-08 01:40:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
cause it got TWO blades
2007-02-08 01:41:15 · answer #10 · answered by RED ROSE 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋