Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Grammar Girl, Grammar Girl's, QDnow, and Quick and Dirty Tips are all trademarks of Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Pants, measles, and scissors. S.S.Sundaresh grammar I think the plural of scissors is `two pairs of scissors`. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/plural-of-pants-and-scissors.aspx?commentid=21150#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/plural-of-pants-and-scissors.aspx?commentid=21150#Comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:04:13 GMT Bob grammar Actually my wife often finds a top that she can wear with a skirt or pant. Many stores sell a Pant Suit. Seemingly unusual usage. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/plural-of-pants-and-scissors.aspx?commentid=16151#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/plural-of-pants-and-scissors.aspx?commentid=16151#Comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:15:13 GMT John from Lorain grammar Tim, I agree with Salsa Guy, even though I am (like you) "up to date." Assume that the posts were in top-to-bottom order. Maybe you don't know about this "navigational trick," but we would be able -- immediately after downloading a page -- to use "Ctrl" with "End" to hop to the bottom of the page. It would be even faster for us to get to the latest posts than it is now, since we now have to scroll down manually, searching visually for the beginning of the comments. [Please change it, GG.] http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/plural-of-pants-and-scissors.aspx?commentid=15793#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/plural-of-pants-and-scissors.aspx?commentid=15793#Comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:45:47 GMT Tim grammar Salsa Guy: It makes sense to put them in reverse order because the majority of the readers are up-to-date, or somewhat up-to-date. For these readers, the reverse order places the episode they are probably looking for closest to the top. If you are only a little behind, then the episodes that you want are all grouped at the top. Having said that, I do experience the same frustration that you have expressed when I find a new site and I want to read the history. Maybe sites such as this could consider a link to allow reversing the order for newcomers. I think that you will find, however, that once you have read the backlog, you will prefer to find the most recent article on top. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/plural-of-pants-and-scissors.aspx?commentid=15782#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/plural-of-pants-and-scissors.aspx?commentid=15782#Comments Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:44:59 GMT Bubbles LaTour grammar In response to Dan's February 6 comment, "bra" is singular because it is one garment designed and constructed to support two body parts, left and right. "-) -Bubbles http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/plural-of-pants-and-scissors.aspx?commentid=15752#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/plural-of-pants-and-scissors.aspx?commentid=15752#Comments Sun, 15 Feb 2009 02:05:11 GMT SalsaGuy grammar Dear Grammar Girl, I enjoy your podcasts, even if I occasionally disagree with you, and this is the first time I have read any of them online. Thanks for your show. Now, I realize that I am about to "whine" here, but because this particular podcast/blog is occasionally about writing topics that are not specifically grammar issues, I feel I can take the liberty. So here it is: I find almost maddening is that the posts are in reverse chronological order! Readers of English read top to bottom... Why make the reader go to the end to start at the beginning? And then, if I read the posts in chronological order, I constantly have to change direction: read down to the end of a comment, then scan up to search for the beginning of the next one. While there are worse writing sins that you can commit, I just find this very distracting. I know that it may be out of your power, but please see if you can get this changed. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/plural-of-pants-and-scissors.aspx?commentid=15729#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/plural-of-pants-and-scissors.aspx?commentid=15729#Comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:49:29 GMT Suzy grammar Dan, Because the inventor boob didn't know right, he didn't know nuttin'....:>) http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/plural-of-pants-and-scissors.aspx?commentid=15722#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/plural-of-pants-and-scissors.aspx?commentid=15722#Comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:14:30 GMT John from Lorain grammar Thanks for the cute story, Kathy88. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/plural-of-pants-and-scissors.aspx?commentid=15708#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/plural-of-pants-and-scissors.aspx?commentid=15708#Comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:18:43 GMT Kathy88 grammar When I was three years old my sister was helping me take a bath. She almost fell into the tub laughing when I held up a hand full of bubbles and asked, "Is this a sud?" http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/plural-of-pants-and-scissors.aspx?commentid=15695#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/plural-of-pants-and-scissors.aspx?commentid=15695#Comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:23:43 GMT joe dante grammar GG I loved the Obama inauguration gaff podcast. I'd like to hear more goofy gaffs by the prominent public. Thanks, Joe Dante http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/plural-of-pants-and-scissors.aspx?commentid=15680#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/plural-of-pants-and-scissors.aspx?commentid=15680#Comments Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:24:28 GMT Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:04:13 GMT http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/plural-of-pants-and-scissors.aspx feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Managing Editor) feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Webmaster) en-us