nouns only in the plural (agreement) – English Grammar Profiler

Here’s an example of the plural only noun ‘pants’ agreeing with the determiner ‘these’ and the verb ‘are’

These pants are lycra.

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Here’s a student example:

His jeans were too tight.

PELIC Korean female level 5 listening class.

A2 point 16 in the category of NOUNS is defined:

NOUNS ONLY USED IN THE PLURAL with plural agreement.

Note that in our list, 50% are unlisted (black) in the English Vocabulary Profile.

Here’s a search in iWebs for the EVP vocabulary:

1 PANTS ARE 12775

collocates:

1 THESE 2858 2 MADE 895 3 COMFORTABLE 475 4 PERFECT 444

5 DESIGNED 378

2 JEANS ARE 9698 3 SHORTS ARE 8240 4 SUNGLASSES ARE 5572 5 TROUSERS ARE 3275 6 PANTS WERE 2957 7 TIGHTS ARE 2278 8 JEANS WERE 1658 9 SCISSORS ARE 1522 10 SHORTS WERE 1385 11 TROUSERS WERE 724 12 SUNGLASSES WERE 528 13 TIGHTS WERE 232 14 SCISSORS WERE 214

15 PYJAMAS ARE 155

Unlisted vocabulary: panties,boxers,briefs,headphones,pliers,tongs,tweezers,binoculars,glasses,goggles,raybans,