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Pair or Pairs?

Which is more grammatically correct?

*I have two pair of socks.

OR

*I have two pairs of socks.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    For those who mocked the "either one" answer, check your dictionaries!

    American Heritage lists the plural of "pair" as EITHER "pair" or "pairs", then adds a "Usage Note" which ends thus--

    "After a number other than one, pair itself can be either singular or plural, but the plural is now more common: She bought six pairs (or pair) of stockings."

    http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pair

    In other words, though "pairs" is NOW more common, it was not always so... and "pair" is still correct.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Two Pair Or Two Pairs

  • 5 years ago

    Plural Of Pair

  • 1 decade ago

    It's pairs

  • 1 decade ago

    A pair is one pair, so if you want more than one pair you have to pluralise it with an `s`.

  • 1 decade ago

    I have 2 pairs of socks. Pairs is used in the plural contents. If you only had one pair it would be "I have one pair of socks", but when you have 2 pairs, it's "I have 2 pairs of socks".

  • 1 decade ago

    Pairs is correct.

  • 1 decade ago

    I think the correct answer is: I have two pairs of socks. But I'm not sure grammer was never my best subject.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I think it is.. I have two pairs of socks. the second one

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    it is i have two pairs of socks.

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