2007-04-04 16:38:17 · 4 answers · asked by Fortunella 1 in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
yeah, curious. just a quick look at encarta tells us
Definition: (troop)
1. big group: a large group of similar people, animals, or things
2. military military unit: a unit of soldiers that forms a subdivision of a cavalry or armored cavalry squadron .
they love to ad garbage to the language. remember islamofascism? lol. almost no one that uses the term has a clue what they're even saying. more properly termed clerical fascism. but now we have a new though somewhat illiterate term.
2007-04-04 17:07:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They refer to soldiers as troops, e.g. 4 soldiers are 4 troops. But I don't hear or see anybody using this in the singular, referring to one soldier as a troop. Anyway, this is common usage, so it's all right, I think.
2007-04-05 00:16:30 · answer #2 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
because the president used it in a speech and the media is too lazy to look up the word troop and see it is a plural or 3 or more.
2007-04-04 23:48:02 · answer #3 · answered by Carl P 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
trooper
2007-04-04 23:46:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋