February 15, 2011, 05:31 AM
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Diamond
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 7,071
Native Language: Español
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Perikles
No, they are not. Civilain is in fact a noun, so civilian population means a population of civilians.
Civil is an adjective and does mean pertaining to the population, but more commonly relating to polite behaviour. A "civil population" would be understood as a population of people who are polite to each other.  (England for example, not Spain  )
When posting on a forum, we are required to be civil to each other.  |
A Civil War is a "polite war"? 
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