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In mathematics, a pair of pants is a simple two-dimensional surface resembling a pair of pants: topologically, it is a sphere with 3 holes in it. Pair of pants admit hyperbolic metrics, and their is...
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related questions came from Linda Rodgers, Peter C Mann, and others: Speaking of pants, as you were the other week, my 14-year-old asked me why, ... Commentators referred to them when they first appeared as being a combination of breeches and stockings. Later the word was applied to fashionable tight-fitting trousers.
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---Why is a pair of pants called a pair when it's only a single piece of clothing?; ---Bill Clinton was able to be elected to the office of President of the United States of America. Why?; ---Bill Clinton was able to be RE-elected to stay the President of the United Stated of America.
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Why are pants and shorts referred to as pairs, singular? Weird. Anyway, i've been wearing jeans and khakis pretty much exclusively for the longest time, so some new cargo shorts should be a nice change of pace.
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Why are pants and shorts referred to as pairs, singular? Weird. Anyway, i've been wearing jeans and khakis pretty much exclusively for the longest time, so some new cargo shorts should be a nice change of pace.
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Single items referred to as pairs: ... Things that commonly come in pairs (two separate items) ... Note: You can also count pairs of things: two pairs of pants, three pairs of socks, four pairs of shoes, etc.
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A monthly column about Video games and equipment by Christopher Coleman. ... I also don't enjoy wearing pants, and they're referred to as "pairs", even though there's only one. If I hear about putting on a "pair of pants", I expect to have one set of pants for each leg. It's one pant comprised of two legs..
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Pairs Homework Activity Sheet ... Discuss single things that are referred to as pairs (e.g., pants, glasses, scissors). Invite the students to share why those items are called pairs when they are only one item.
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We've heard it's because pants and shorts have two legs. But shirts have two sleeves, and you don't have a "pair of shirts." Hmm, so much for that theory. ... According to The Mavens' Word of the Day, pants in the plural form is an Americanism first recorded in 1840. The word is short for pantaloons, a term that...
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