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"wages" is it singular or plural?

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by Pdgmat2010 » Thu Apr 01, 2010 12:14 am
wages = plural.

e.g. Her wages were a pittance as compared to her peers in other industries.

The wages in IT are higher than the national average.
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by aspirant2010 » Sat Apr 03, 2010 7:42 am
wage is singular while wages is plural.....
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by thephoenix » Sat Apr 03, 2010 10:41 am
mija wrote:what is the correct form :

Wages are rising
or
My wages is less for my expenses.
wages is a plural noun
my wages are less for my expenses is correct form
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by akhpad » Sat Apr 03, 2010 10:49 am
I believe wages is plural but it can be singular in the following cases

The wages of sin is death.
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by thephoenix » Sat Apr 03, 2010 7:57 pm
akhp77 wrote:I believe wages is plural but it can be singular in the following cases

The wages of sin is death.
yeah becoz here we are using the before wages
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