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The verb phrase is to be married to. With the noun, you have the option: She has a happy marriage with/to her first cousin.
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| #3 (permalink) Mon Mar 13, 2006 15:56 pm Married to or with? |
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A post has been lost somewhere!
Or have I just answered to a ghost?? |
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| #4 (permalink) Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:45 am Married to vs. marriage with |
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| Please say again. I have 2 options I can write: -----to my cousin, or ------with my cousin and both are correct? please explain me. |
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| #5 (permalink) Fri Jul 23, 2010 1:59 am Married to vs. marriage with |
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Hi Conchita:
I wrote "with my cousin" and it was incorrect, but according Mister Micawber's explanation I can use "to or with" so, why my answer was wrong? |
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| #6 (permalink) Fri Jul 23, 2010 4:32 am Married to vs. marriage with |
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Because it is not the noun 'marriage' in the sentence; it is the adjective 'married'.
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| #7 (permalink) Fri Jul 23, 2010 20:32 pm Other vs. another |
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She has a happy marriage with/to her first cousin.
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Now, wouldn't that be an unnatural/incestuous thing to do Mister Micawber ?
I mean, for a woman to be married to her first cousin :-)
Sorry, just stumbled across this and immediately thought there was something wrong with this sentence here, just couldn't tell what it was right away
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| #8 (permalink) Sat Jul 24, 2010 0:19 am Married to vs. marriage with |
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You are revealing cultural bias, Cristina. Some societies permit it.
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