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Let's get married... - English lesson

and since the 2 verbs have the same construction, let's try not to get divorced !

‘marry’, ‘marriage’ have 2 Rs in English. 

1) A common construction: to marry somebody => marry + personal complement  

Similarly, to divorce somebody => to divorce + personal complement 

ex : ‘Will you marry me ?’  ‘I will!’

ex : He divorced Susan and married her sister Sue!

2) When speaking about : the ceremony of marriage (= the wedding) or the separation you should rather use:

      -  to get married to somebody   and to be married to somebody : both expressions and both verbs can be followed by  ‘to’.        

 -  to get divorced from somebody

ex : My sister is divorced. She got divorced from Lenny three years ago.

ex : When I get married, will you be my maid of honour? 

3) Pay attention not to mistake: -  to get married  (the action of getting marired - during the ceremony)  and  to be married ( the state of being married; to live a married life/marital life with your spouse).  

   -  to get divorced and to be divorced. (idem)

ex : They got married on 15 July 2000. Susan has been married to Tom for 14 years.

ex : They got divorced in October 2004. Pat and Brian have been divorced for 10 years.

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