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> nor can you ask for "a scissors" But you can ask for "the scissors". Why does that sound OK but the other does not? (Not debating, genuinely curious.)

• Skeime 3y ago
  Because scissors is plural, which does not have an indefinite article. You can ask for scissors, like you can ask for documents. (And you cannot ask for a documents, only for a document.)
  • tuatoru 3y ago
    A pair of scissors, a pair of trousers. I shortened the trousers with scissors.