“The scissors,” “a pair of scissors,” even “some scissors.” (“Hey, could you get me some scissors?” to a coworker, or something.) Never “a scissors.” Central Indiana.
If you say “a pair of scissors” it’s not really plural, because the head noun is “pair.” Things can be processed as “plural” psychologically, even though they’re grammatically singular, so when you hear someone say, “There are a lot of people here,” it sounds okay, even though technically, to agree in number, one would say “There’s a lot of people here.”
And enough with people talking about makeup and saying shit like “That’s such a bold red lip!” Yeah, and the other one is green.
My friend went to visit some relatives (under protest) and her cousin-in-law was showing her some clothes she’d bought and saying something about “Ordinarily I wouldn’t wear a pant like this.” My friend was ready to kick her in the asses.
cool how the only two votes so far for “a” scissors, is in the upper midwest.
I should do a follow up and see where its centered. Milwaukee? St. Paul? Duluth? Da U-P?