True, but I still do not like another civilian referring to me as a civilian. For most of my life I was a soldier, do you think the police correctly referred to me as civilian at that time? It seems kind of hokey.
“True, but I still do not like another civilian referring to me as a civilian. For most of my life I was a soldier, do you think the police correctly referred to me as civilian at that time? It seems kind of hokey.”
There, their and they’re. To, too and two. I apply different meanings to words. When I was in the army, the word “civilian” mean’t anyone not in the service.....and Navy personnel, but that is another story, lol.
When I was a cop, the word mean’t (to me) anyone that was not a cop OR a member of the military.
Now I am involved in an oranization that includes both as members and we all tend to look at it as “everyone else is civilians.”
I think it just boils down to your point of view and how tight your crack is. Mine has been tighter in the past than it is today, maybe I’m getting softer in my old age or maybe I am just seeing the “civilians” issue from two different angles.