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Aoymee2 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

Army service?

Hello,
I am just wondering is it called army service or army services or something else? Mandatory but short-term. Thank you.

If it's in sentences:
1. Are you still in the army?
2. Are you still serving or doing your army service/s?
  

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'Military service'. 1. Are you still in the army/military?

  • 'Military service'.
  • 1.
  • Are you still in the army/military?
  • 2.
  • Are you still serving in the army/military?
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'Military service'.

1. Are you still in the army/military?
2. Are you still serving in the army/military? / doing your army/military service?
aoymee2Mandatory but short-term
Your sentences make no distinction regarding necessity or length of service.
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Mister Micawber1. Are you still in the army/military?
Using the word military in this way is more common in American English.

If the question is about serving in armed forces in general, without a need to specify one branch like an army or navy, it would be better in non-American English to say armed forces or just the forces, instead o

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