To: Lazamataz
"Troop" was a word that the sergeants at Fort Polk (and maybe everywhere) used for an individual, such as: "Hey troop, drop and gimme 20 [pushups]!" For a collective term, there's nothing wrong with calling everyone "the military." But that doesn't give us a singular noun. Maybe there isn't one.
43 posted on
12/27/2003 11:16:42 AM PST by
PatrickHenry
(Hic amor, haec patria est.)
To: PatrickHenry
But that doesn't give us a singular noun. Maybe there isn't one.
See my Post #80 in response to Laz.
81 posted on
12/27/2003 2:41:09 PM PST by
Wolfstar
(George W. Bush — the 1st truly great world leader of the 21st Century)
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