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2005.05.31(Review of 2001.02.15 edition)
The Big Day has arrived! Can you hear wedding bells?
MARRIED/SINGLE ; MARRY/GET MARRIED
（～と）結婚している／独身の ; 結婚する
- If you are someone's husband or wife, then you are married. We can also say that you are married TO someone.
A person who is not married is single.
To marry someone or to get married TO someone is to become someone's husband or wife.
Be careful[1]! You “marry someone”; you do not “marry WITH someone”. Similarly, you are “married TO someone”; you are not “married WITH someone”.
Be careful[2]! We say that someone is single, NOT “A single”. - Aさんが結婚しているなら、A is married. と言います。AさんがBさんと結婚している、と言いたいなら、A is married TO B. という表現を使います。
Aさんが結婚していないなら、A is single. と言います。
marry someone や、get married TO someone は、誰かの妻や夫になる、つまり、誰かと結婚する、という意味です。
注意[1]： marry WITH someone とは言いません。marry someone が正しい使い方です。同じように、be married WITH someone とは言わず、 be married TO someone と言います。
注意[2]： someone is single と言いますが、someone is A single とは言いません。
- a: Who is that beautiful man at the bar? Is he single?
b: Unfortunately not. He's married and has three kids. - Patti and Craig have been married for fifteen years, and they're still in love.
- a: I thought Scott was married to Tina.
b: No, they just live together. - Sharon is a single mother. Her husband left her with the children three years ago.
- Most people eventually marry, but recently the number of people who are single all their lives has been increasing.
- I could never marry someone I wasn't in love with. I'd rather stay single.
- a: Guess what! Mark and I are getting married!
b: Oh, that's wonderful! When's the wedding?
Isn't love grand!