TROOPS means more than 1 person, just like CLASS and GROUP. So don't they mean 21,000 individual soldiers? Are they not saying this properly? Please...refrain from political ideas! I just want to know the context.
P.S. ( I am new to this site. Why do I have DELETE and EDIT after my answers? I don't see that with any one else.)
Thank you
2007-01-21 07:44:12 · 4 answers · asked by penny 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
No, you can use "troops" equivalently as "soldiers". The other chick above is dead wrong.
2007-01-21 08:44:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A troop is one individual person....so they are sending 21,000 more people to Iraq.
2007-01-21 07:51:51 · answer #2 · answered by GrnEyedBandita 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they mean individual soldiers. You have delete and edit so that you can do them if you want. Everyone has that. You don't see other peoples because only that person can delete or edit their answers.
2007-01-21 07:57:32 · answer #3 · answered by Ndpndnt 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I looked online. The best equivalent of "troops" in this case is "military personnel" which means either singular and plural.
So you can say 21,000 "troops" or 21,000 "military personnel," and it is still understood to mean 21,000 individual soldiers.
Another word used for both singular or plural is "fish."
If you mean "fish" (plural) then you can say "3 kinds of fish."
If you mean "fish" (singular) then you can say "3 fishes."
People use "fish" interchangeably for singular or plural,
and it is still understood.
2007-01-21 08:00:01 · answer #4 · answered by emilynghiem 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋