Question

your pants (is,are) at the cleaner's. (choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject)

Answer 1

The correct sentence: My pants are at the cleaners'. "Pants" is used as a plural subject.

What is a collective noun?

• A collective noun is the one that acts as a single subject and the helping verb is used accordingly.
• However, there are exceptions, and some collective nouns such as 'Pants' and 'Glasses' are treated as plural nouns.
• Though they make a single noun, we use 'are.'

Answer 2

Answer:

the answer is 'are'

Explanation:

in collective nouns we use 'is' but since its a pair so we will use'are'