Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

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user107557

Member Since

January 7, 2019

Total number of comments

1

Total number of votes received

1

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troops vs soldiers

  • January 7, 2019, 3:28pm

I think it's kind of misleading on purpose when someone calls them troops. No one wants to hear 10,000 men going to war that's too individualized, too hard on the parents. They call them troops to make it sound let's gruesome so they can get away with sending more men to war