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Odessa Dawn Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

"engaged to marry/ engaged to"?

"A is engaged to marry B."
"A is engaged to B."

I do not see any difference, do you, please?
  

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" "engage" includes the idea of marriage, so the mention of "marry" is repetition. But you will see: Abdul is engaged to be married. )

— AlpheccaStars

  • " "engage" includes the idea of marriage, so the mention of "marry" is repetition.
  • But you will see: Abdul is engaged to be married.
  • )
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Odessa Dawn"A is engaged to B."
"engage" includes the idea of marriage, so the mention of "marry" is repetition.

But you will see:

Abdul is engaged to be married. (He's not available.)
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Hi, AS;
AlpheccaStars (He's not available.)
I do not understand. Whom/who is not avalable, please?
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Abdul is not available for social dating because he's engaged.
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Odessa DawnI do not understand. Whom/who is not avalable, please?
It means that Abdul is committed to a woman, so he can't consider any other marriage proposals, and he is not available for romance with other women.
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The question was, according to what I read, is what is the difference between the two sentences? I think, you can omit "to marry", because when you say "engaged" is obvious the result is a marriage.
A is angaged to B.
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