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Grammar pedants - help please.

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Pothunter May 2020 10:52am, 15 May 2020 2,382 posts	Quote Pin Pothunter Binocular as an adjective is fine (binocular vision) but as a noun I’d class it with scissors and only ever use it as a plural.
Badger May 2020 10:54am, 15 May 2020 12,244 posts	Quote Pin Badger I am beginning to suspect that Glenners may be a closet fashionista. theguardian.com
LindsD May 2020 11:11am, 15 May 2020 36,489 posts	Quote Pin LindsD My blood pressure does not need that article.
sallykate May 2020 11:47am, 15 May 2020 6,405 posts	Quote Pin sallykate When I got married I had my dress made by a tailor and had some linen trousers made as part of it all. He unfailingly referred to them as "the trouser" singular.
swittle May 2020 11:54am, 15 May 2020 63,693 posts	Quote Pin swittle There's even a silent film: en.wikipedia.org
Northern Exile May 2020 11:54am, 15 May 2020 6,395 posts	Quote Pin Northern Exile God help us all
GlennR May 2020 1:36pm, 15 May 2020 49,935 posts	Quote Pin GlennR To refer to "a [fine] trouser" is sort of posh, so I don't do it myself, of course.
GordonG May 2020 1:37pm, 19 May 2020 8,155 posts	Quote Pin GordonG Another Guardian grammar article, from today theguardian.com
Dvorak May 2020 1:48pm, 19 May 2020 19,749 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak Fuck off, Guardian. Another piss-poor pot of piss-poorness. It's not even grammar.
sallykate May 2020 1:53pm, 19 May 2020 6,423 posts	Quote Pin sallykate I rarely manage an episode of Masterchef without correcting Gregg when he says something along the lines of, "Come up and present your dishes to John and I."