My husband and I have this debate about scissors:
"a" or "a pair"?
Evidently, Minnesota teaches that "scissors" is "a"....so, you'd have "a scissors".
This sounds SO wrong.
So I did some digging.
I verified that it is wrong.
It turns out that each blade is called a scissor. Hence, the correct reference to them is "a pair of scissors".
This is why all English grammar books also instruct people in the "pair of scissors", even though the object of "scissors" is a singular noun.
The same is true for pliers, tweezers, etc.
It's no wonder English is so difficult to learn.
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