write in a better way using two'nouns together:
Have you got any shirts made of cotton?
I'd like a table in the corner please?
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Pair nouns
We use a pair noun for a thing made of two parts which are the same. Some pair nouns are binoculars, glasses, jeans, pants, pyjamas, scissors, shorts, tights, trousers.
A pair noun is plural and takes a plural verb. My jeans
need washing, NOT my-jean
These tights were quite expensive, NOT this-tight
jeans scissors
glasses
binoculars
We've got some scissors somewhere, NOT a-scissor?
We cannot use a/an or a number with a pair noun. But we can use pair of. I need some jeans, OR I need a pair of jeans, NOT a jean Laura bought four pairs of tights, NOT four-tights
B Group nouns
A group noun can usually take either a singular or a plural verb.
The team was playing well, OR The team were playing well. The government is in crisis, OR The government are in crisis.
The choice depends on whether we see the group as a whole or as individual people. Often it doesn't matter whether the verb is singular or plural. But sometimes one form is better than the other.
SINGULAR
The family is a very old and famous one.
The orchestra consists of eighty-six musicians.
When we mean the group as a whole, we use a singular verb.
We use it and its.
The committee has made its decision.
PLURAL
The family are delighted with their presents. The orchestra don't know what to play.
When we mean the individual people in the group, we normally use the plural.
We use they, them and their.
The class will miss their lessons because they are all going on a trip.
Some group nouns: army, audience, band, board, choir, class, club, committee, community, company, council, crew, crowd, family, government, group, management, orchestra, population, press (= newspapers), public, staff, team, union Also: Harrods, the BBC, the United Nations, etc and England (the England team), Manchester United
C Police, people and cattle
These nouns have a plural meaning and take a plural verb.
The police have warned motorists to take extra care. People don't know what the future will bring. The cattle are going to be sold with the farm.