Sunday, March 24, 2013

Nouns: WEDDING vs. MARRIAGE

A wedding is the ritual celebration that marks the beginning of a marriage. A marriage is something that begins with a wedding ceremony and is ended by death or divorce.

Examples:

  • Most couples have their weddings in the summertime.
  • Erica and Michael have the sort of marriage that brings out the best in people because they experience each other's joy as their own.


Some other ways of talking about weddings:

  • Most couples get married in the summertime.
  • Most couples wed in the summertime.
  • Most couples marry in the summertime.
  • Most couples tie the knot in the summertime.
  • Most couples get hitched in the summertime.
  • Most couples walk down the aisle in the summertime.
  • Most couples take their nuptials in the summertime.

2 comments:

  1. Can't wait for the explanation of "trouble and strife" !

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  2. It's probably better that you left your comment anonymously. You don't want your trouble and strife knowing that you call her that.

    [For the uninitiated, "trouble and strife" is Cockney rhyming slang for "wife"]

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