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Old 13-May-2004, 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Eroica
I'm with SFC. I know martial is an adjective, so it's courts martial. But it sounds lame.

Exactly! I even heard a newscaster correct herself the other day, because the natural thing is to say court-martials.
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