Marry and divorce
We usually use marry and divorce with an object: Lauren Bacall marriedher co-star, Humphrey Bogart, in 1945 and made three more movies with him.
He always needed more money, and at 77 he marrieda wealthy widow, but she divorcedhim a year later.
However, in formal styles we use them without an object: The couple married three years ago and have a daughter, Molly.
In informal language we use get married and get divorced when there is no object: Paul and Katia are getting married in New Zealand.
She finally got divorced last year.
We use be married and be divorced to describe the state of being married or divorced: They’re divorced now.
We’ve been married for 50 years.
We don’t use to or with after marry: She married someone she met at college.
Not: She married to someone … or She married with someone …
We use to, not with, after get married + direct object and be married + direct object: She got married to someone she met at college.
She’s married to someone she met at college.
Not: She got married with someone … or She’s married with someone …
We use from with get divorced and (less commonly) with be divorced: She got divorced from her second husband.
She is divorced from her second husband.
She divorced her second husband.
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