'Pyjama', at least, used to be used in the singular form. In the musical 'Singin' In The Rain', there's a line in one of the songs. "For lounging in her budoir, this simple plain pajama."
And 'binocular' is a word in the singular, although it isn't a device. It describes anything that involves two eyes to focus, as in 'binocular vision'.
'Pyjama', at least, used to be used in the singular form. In the musical 'Singin' In The Rain', there's a line in one of the songs. "For lounging in her budoir, this simple plain pajama."
ReplyDeleteAnd 'binocular' is a word in the singular, although it isn't a device. It describes anything that involves two eyes to focus, as in 'binocular vision'.
Still a fascinating list.
Binocular in the sense you mean is not a noun, it's an adjective describing a noun. Adjectives do not come in singular or plural forms in English.
DeleteForceps isn't a plural. The plural would be forcipes. Same for biceps => bicipes and triceps => tricipes.
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