Thursday, March 7, 2019

Prepositions of marry/married

[From: laddu, The Free Dictionary (24 Jul 2014)]

John married Annie.
  • This is what he did. It is an action. John married in 2003. John married Annie in 2003.
  • The verb 'to marry' with a direct object.

Annie is married to John.
  • This is her status. She is a married woman. She is not single. She is married. She is married to John.
  • The adjective 'married' + to.

Annie is married with John.
  • This is wrong.

For 'married with', you will see it is always 'married with children'.
  • That means "he is married AND he has children".  The 'with' is a shorter way of saying that. But it only works for that meaning.


[From: Udayaravi Shastry, Quora (03 Oct 2017)]

Marry in
  • Marry someone of the same ethnicity, religion, etc
  • Example: Many religions encourage their followers to MARRY IN.

Marry into something
  • To become a member of a family, religion, social group etc by becoming the husband or wife of someone who already belongs to it
  • Example: Their seven daughters all married into prominent local families.

Marry off
  • Find a husband or wife for someone, especially your children
  • Example: They MARRIED her OFF to a rich friend.

Marry out
  • Marry someone of a different ethnicity, religion, etc
  • Example: Her parents disowned her and refused to speak to her when she MARRIED OUT.

Marry up
  • Join together or compare to see if they're the same
  • Example: We MARRIED UP the lists so that we all had the same names.

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