As if pantyhose weren't bad enough, now ladies everywhere have to wear them one leg at a time! At least that's what the editor of the leading newspaper in Syracuse, NY, wants you to believe. Technically, "pantyhose" is plural, like "pants" or "scissors." Since you would not say "Pants is 'in' again," this headline is guilty of the most common and most unforgiveable grammar disaster: a disagreement between the noun and the verb. For shaming himself in big print, I award the Opaque Cloth of Lewdness to the editor, in light of the sensual legs cleverly forming the "P" in the headline.
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