'eye lands on' or 'eyes land on'? I have a sentence "His eye lands on a student room in which a couple are making love." from a film script. I wonder if it can be also "His eyes land on a student r

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'eye lands on' or 'eyes land on'? I have a sentence "His eye lands on a student room in which a couple are making love." from a film script. I wonder if it can be also "His eyes land on a student room in which a couple are making love.".

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I think both can be correct. Somehow the plural "eyes" feels nicer though. That is, unless the person in question only has one eye ;)

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Personally, I'd go for 'eye'. It's an idiom, meaning vision/sight/gaze etc, as opposed to the literal, physical body part. Most other idioms use the singular 'eye' : for example 'keep an eye on' 'I've got my eye on' .

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