marriage with/to

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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  1. Raman’s marriage with Sita is unbreakable.
  2. Raman’s marriage to Sita is unbreakable.
    Which one is correct?
2

Marriage ‘to’ is more acceptable. We say Raman is married to Sita (Sita is married to Raman). But there is a very common tendency here to use ‘with’, which is not readily digested by our grammarians. Personally, I also would prefer ‘to’.

3

In standard modern British English it should be “marriage to (someone)” and “married to (someone)”. However, I believe that “marriage with (someone)” may have been more common in the past. “married with (someone)” is impossible to my ear.