married vs get married

Allifathima · May 20, 2011, 7:07am

Rajesh43 wrote as below:
“She gets married with Abraham.”
Is it OK?
I believe “She gets married to Abraham.” is correct.
Am I right?

Alan · May 20, 2011, 7:37am

Hi,

‘She is getting married to Abraham’ would be better.

Alan

Allifathima · May 20, 2011, 2:03pm

Mr. Alan,
Can we use the preposition - ‘with’ with ‘married’ ?
Please comment

Alan · May 20, 2011, 3:03pm

No, as I said, it is ‘to’.

Pipiii · May 23, 2011, 4:50pm

Salmonella: Finally you put your screen picture…It’s nice…

Salmonella · May 24, 2011, 12:13am

Yes. Since they already tagged myself with I’m here quite often , so I feel ashamed if I do not put my own avatar. Hehehe

Pipiii · May 24, 2011, 6:58am

No, Salmonella…I guess you feel ashamed to show your own picture, and put the cat avatar instead…hehehe…

Allifathima · May 24, 2011, 5:04pm

‘She got married to Abraham’
‘She married Abraham.’
What is difference in meaning between the two sentences?

Beeesneees · May 24, 2011, 5:48pm

There is no significant difference. The first emphasises the action of getting married slightly.

Alan · May 24, 2011, 5:59pm

Hi,

Don’t bite my hand off but I think you need a comma after ‘married’ as ‘getting married slightly’ could be misconstrued.

Alan

Pipiii · May 25, 2011, 12:33am

Beeesneees: “More clear” it is commonly used in daily conversation, it means it is not formally used? According to proper usage in British English Standard, we have to use “CLEARER”?

Beeesneees · May 25, 2011, 5:54am

Did you read message #20?
It is used, but not correct.

Sureshvemuri · May 25, 2011, 10:19am

Is this correct:

He was transferred - Explains the state
He got transferred - Explains the action that someone did this.

Regards,
Suresh

Torsten · May 25, 2011, 10:30am

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Sureshvemuri · May 26, 2011, 5:29am

Thanks Torsten for the reply.

Then, another question:
He got transferred = He has been transferred.
— Correct ?

Regards,
Suresh

Esl_Expert · May 26, 2011, 5:40am

Hi Suresh,

If you want to keep the verb tense the same, then it would be this:

He got transferred. = He was transferred.

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RockyHun · May 26, 2011, 5:57am

Salmonella: Please do not mind…according to my opinion, what you wrote above: I also get confused to KNOW which one is correct, it’s better you wrote: I also get confused to distinguish which one is correct or not. Hopefully, I am not wrong. BTW, what’s the difference between “To Distinguish” and “TO Differentiate”?

Sureshvemuri · May 26, 2011, 6:13am

Thanks Esl Expert.

Alan · May 26, 2011, 8:10am

Hi,

‘Distinguish’ suggests show a distinction between two or more. ‘Differentiate’ indicates point out the differences. '‘Distinguish’ in a way makes the differences more defined.

Alan

RockyHun · May 29, 2011, 12:37am

Thank you Prof Alan.