>>>There should be a default but omitted noun, just like we say Češka, Poljska and Turska for Czech, Poland and Turkey - all of them adjectives, but with an assumed noun (country) to them. Somehow I expect "the military" to be a plural, just like "the poor".
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>>>Soldiers?
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>>There is no plural of soldier. There are only troops, remember? Soldiers is not politically correct (don't ask me why).
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>Soldiers is not a plural of soldier? You've lost me there.
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>>>I don't actually have a problem with "the military" as a collective noun there.
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>>Neither have I, with using an adjective as a subject, as long as there is an implied noun. In this case, it's a military... what?
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>"The military" can be a noun. I am sure many more people think of it as a noun than as an adjective.
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>You wouldn't be obstinate with us, would you? ;-)
Perish the thought...
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