1. The names of many paired objects are used, as in Russian, only in the plural: scissors, trousers, spectacles, scales, tongs.
These scissors are very sharp.
Where are my spectacles?
2. The following nouns, unlike the Russian language, are used only in the plural: goods, contents, clothes, proceeds, wages, riches:
The contents of the letter have not been changed.
His clothes were wet as he had been caught in the rain.
3. All these and similar nouns agree with plural verbs:
These scales are not correct.
The trousers were made in Italy.
4. The noun people is used with a plural meaning:
There were many people in the park.
However, when the noun people means (people, nation), it is used in both singular and plural, taking the plural form peoples:
How different are the beliefs of various peoples across the world!