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GTurck

(826 posts)
6. Troops....
Thu Sep 13, 2012, 06:24 AM
Sep 2012

is an impersonal way to speak of soldiers. Not just ours but any countries. It is an abstract word and should be used when speaking in the abstract but the wire report is still valid.
Just a little rant by a lover of good English.

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