“There is/are more than on” with plural noun by defaut
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I was wondering if I should write "I wonder if there is more ..." or "I wonder if there are more..." and I found a threads asking the same question, giving the example of "more cat". The answer was: always use "is".
My problem is, what if the noun if by defaut a plural noun? Like pants, or scissors. Then should I use "are"?
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I was wondering if I should write "I wonder if there is more ..." or "I wonder if there are more..." and I found a threads asking the same question, giving the example of "more cat". The answer was: always use "is".
My problem is, what if the noun if by defaut a plural noun? Like pants, or scissors. Then should I use "are"?
Thanks
nouns grammatical-number
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Yes, "scissors" and "pants" are plural-only nouns, and hence require a plural verb.
– BillJ
20 hours ago
That's what I thought, thanks a lot!
– BadConsequences
20 hours ago
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Can you give an example of a complete sentence? When you use "more than one", you need to use a singular noun after "one". For an always-plural word like "pants", this would be accomplished by using another noun before it: "more than one pair of pants". "I wonder if there is more than one pair of pants."
– sumelic
20 hours ago
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I was wondering if I should write "I wonder if there is more ..." or "I wonder if there are more..." and I found a threads asking the same question, giving the example of "more cat". The answer was: always use "is".
My problem is, what if the noun if by defaut a plural noun? Like pants, or scissors. Then should I use "are"?
Thanks
nouns grammatical-number
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I was wondering if I should write "I wonder if there is more ..." or "I wonder if there are more..." and I found a threads asking the same question, giving the example of "more cat". The answer was: always use "is".
My problem is, what if the noun if by defaut a plural noun? Like pants, or scissors. Then should I use "are"?
Thanks
nouns grammatical-number
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Yes, "scissors" and "pants" are plural-only nouns, and hence require a plural verb.
– BillJ
20 hours ago
That's what I thought, thanks a lot!
– BadConsequences
20 hours ago
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Can you give an example of a complete sentence? When you use "more than one", you need to use a singular noun after "one". For an always-plural word like "pants", this would be accomplished by using another noun before it: "more than one pair of pants". "I wonder if there is more than one pair of pants."
– sumelic
20 hours ago
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Yes, "scissors" and "pants" are plural-only nouns, and hence require a plural verb.
– BillJ
20 hours ago
That's what I thought, thanks a lot!
– BadConsequences
20 hours ago
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Can you give an example of a complete sentence? When you use "more than one", you need to use a singular noun after "one". For an always-plural word like "pants", this would be accomplished by using another noun before it: "more than one pair of pants". "I wonder if there is more than one pair of pants."
– sumelic
20 hours ago
Yes, "scissors" and "pants" are plural-only nouns, and hence require a plural verb.
– BillJ
20 hours ago
Yes, "scissors" and "pants" are plural-only nouns, and hence require a plural verb.
– BillJ
20 hours ago
That's what I thought, thanks a lot!
– BadConsequences
20 hours ago
That's what I thought, thanks a lot!
– BadConsequences
20 hours ago
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Can you give an example of a complete sentence? When you use "more than one", you need to use a singular noun after "one". For an always-plural word like "pants", this would be accomplished by using another noun before it: "more than one pair of pants". "I wonder if there is more than one pair of pants."
– sumelic
20 hours ago
Can you give an example of a complete sentence? When you use "more than one", you need to use a singular noun after "one". For an always-plural word like "pants", this would be accomplished by using another noun before it: "more than one pair of pants". "I wonder if there is more than one pair of pants."
– sumelic
20 hours ago
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Yes, "scissors" and "pants" are plural-only nouns, and hence require a plural verb.
– BillJ
20 hours ago
That's what I thought, thanks a lot!
– BadConsequences
20 hours ago
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Can you give an example of a complete sentence? When you use "more than one", you need to use a singular noun after "one". For an always-plural word like "pants", this would be accomplished by using another noun before it: "more than one pair of pants". "I wonder if there is more than one pair of pants."
– sumelic
20 hours ago