Timeline for If "to get married" is passive, what would be the active form of this: "She got married by the priest."
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| Dec 18, 2023 at 19:02 | comment | added | Jack Aidley | Since my mother is ordained, and performed the wedding ceremony for my sister, I have always rather enjoyed telling people "my mum married my sister" and watching their confusion. | |
| Dec 18, 2023 at 18:33 | comment | added | Yunus | @Lambie, I though about it. I think I missed that point. I fully understand it now. Thanks. | |
| Dec 18, 2023 at 18:30 | comment | added | Lambie | You are not getting this. People can be married BY THE POPE as Kate wrote. But they cannot "get married by the Pope" in half-decent English. "Does the Pope marry people?" Yes, there, the verb is active. | |
| Dec 18, 2023 at 18:26 | comment | added | Yunus | @Lambie, see this video, ABC TV channel, the exact question is shown "Does the Pope marry people." See(1:04-1:09) youtube.com/watch?v=3_2gNZWGd5Y | |
| Dec 18, 2023 at 18:05 | comment | added | Lambie | @yunus People can "be married by the Pope". but they cannot "get married by the Pope" except in non-standard English. to get married is NOT active. It is stative where get means become. | |
| Dec 18, 2023 at 14:34 | comment | added | Kate Bunting | Can people/couples be married by the Pope? Your versions are both valid, but sound awkward. | |
| Dec 18, 2023 at 14:25 | comment | added | Kate Bunting | The subject and their fiancé[e] are married by the person who performs the ceremony - just as getting your hair cut means having someone cut your hair. | |
| Dec 18, 2023 at 13:29 | vote | accept | Yunus | ||
| Dec 18, 2023 at 13:27 | comment | added | Yunus | @Kate Bunting, by the way, what would be the passive form of "Does the Pope marry people?" Would it be "Are people married by the Pope? or "Do people get married by the Pope? or both? | |
| Dec 18, 2023 at 13:10 | comment | added | Yunus | @Kate Bunting, what I don't understand is if "to get married" is grammatically passive, then how can the meaning be active? The meaning seems to be active because "to get married is a verb where the subject is the doer of the action. In other words he/she is the one who puts himself in the marriage? It is interesting the grammer is passive, but the meaning is active. | |
| Dec 18, 2023 at 11:31 | comment | added | WS2 | There is the old riddle about "Twin boys John and Joseph - born in March, with birthdays in September - married each other". How can this sentence be true? Or shall I say - how in the days before same-sex marriage could it be true. (Though even today I am not sure that marriage between siblings of the same gender is allowed in law.) | |
| Dec 18, 2023 at 11:13 | history | edited | Kate Bunting | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 18, 2023 at 9:45 | history | answered | Kate Bunting | CC BY-SA 4.0 |