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Singular and plural of pants, shorts, jeans, etc. up vote 1 down vote favorite. In English, words like pants, shorts, and jeans appear to be in the plural but really refer to one item of clothing (I don't know what the technical term for it is). To be more specific, you can say one pair of pants/shorts/jeans..
Cattle can only be used in the plural and not in the singular: it is a plurale tantum. Thus one may refer to three cattle or some cattle, but not one cattle. No universally used singular form in modern English of cattle exists, other than the sex-and age-specific terms such as cow, bull, steer and heifer.attle can only be used in the plural and not in the singular: it is a plurale tantum. Thus one may refer to three cattle or some cattle, but not one cattle. No universally used singular form in modern English of cattle exists, other than the sex-and age-specific terms such as cow, bull, steer and heifer.