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minus-squareqarbone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoIt is impossible to intuit, but you just introduce “pair of pants” as the singular article. Thus, two pants are “two pairs of pants.”
minus-squareUnderwaterbob@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoWhich is fine for more advanced students, but for kids whose vocabulary and grammar are already very limited, it confuses things a lot.
It is impossible to intuit, but you just introduce “pair of pants” as the singular article. Thus, two pants are “two pairs of pants.”
Which is fine for more advanced students, but for kids whose vocabulary and grammar are already very limited, it confuses things a lot.