Military can combine with several prepositions, but the meaning depends on the wider sentence. The adjective itself does not require one fixed preposition.
Military is usually used directly before a noun. Prepositions such as in, for, to, as, and on often belong to the larger sentence rather than to military itself.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
Use in the military to mean serving in the armed forces.
Military commonly modifies nouns directly.
For introduces the purpose of something, not a complement selected by military.
To after military usually belongs to another structure such as a comparison or reaction.
The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.
Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.
The preposition usually depends on the wider structure, not on military itself.
✕ The adjective military always takes in. ✓ Different prepositions are possible in different sentence patterns.Use military personnel, soldier, or in the military.
✕ He is military. ✓ He is in the military.For military use and in the military have different meanings.
✕ She works for military. ✓ She works in the military.Choose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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No. The preposition depends on the sentence pattern and meaning.
It means serving as part of the armed forces.
In some contexts, yes, but it is most commonly an adjective in everyday English.
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