Marry is usually used without a preposition. Marry to appears mainly in passive structures such as be married to someone. Marry in refers to joining a family or group through marriage.
Use marry someone in active sentences: She married Alex. Use be married to someone in descriptions of marital status. Use marry in when someone becomes part of a family, culture, or community through marriage.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
In active voice, marry normally takes a direct object without a preposition.
Use married to after the adjective married.
Marry into means becoming part of a family, social class, or culture by marriage.
The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.
Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.
Active marry usually does not take to.
✕ She married to Daniel. ✓ She married Daniel.For joining a family or social group, into is the natural choice.
✕ He married in a rich family. ✓ He married into a rich family.The adjective married normally takes to.
✕ She is married Alex. ✓ She is married to Alex.Choose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
Paste the complete sentence below. Linguix checks the preposition together with grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style.
Not usually in active sentences. Say marry someone or be married to someone.
It means to become part of a family or social group through marriage.
In standard English, married to is the usual form.
Create a free account to check complete texts, apply suggestions, and save your documents.
