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I often see 'the divorce rate for love marriages is higher than that for arranged marriages',
but I sometimes see 'the divorce rate among love marriages'.
I guess 'the divorce rate of love marriages' is also gramatically correct.
Which is correct? All of the three are acceptable? Thank you in advance.

Philip · Accepted Answer

AnonymousI often see 'the divorce rate for love marriages is higher than that for arranged marriages',
but I sometimes see 'the divorce rate among love marriages'.
I guess 'the divorce rate of love marriages' is also gramatically correct.
Which is correct? All of the three are acceptable? Thank you in advance.

I don't think that any of them could be considered gramatically incorrect, but I would certainly favor 'among' - no reason, just sounds better.

Pieanne · Answer

Could we also use "in", or "with"? Just to know whether they're on the grammatical side...

Anonymous · Answer

PieanneCould we also use "in", or "with"? Just to know whether they're on the grammatical side...

I also think that 'the divorce rate [ in / with ] love marriages' is OK.
Are they gramatically correct?
Thank you.

Itsonlyme · Answer

I would say: ...the divorce rate among love marriages is higher than that of arranged marriages.

It sounds less repetitive than using among:among, or even of:of. I wouldn't use "for" in either place.

No, I wouldn't use in or with in this case.

That's my 2 cents!

MrPedantic · Answer

I wouldn't myself use 'among'.

The 'divorce rate' pertains to the group {love marriages} as a whole.

MrP

Davkett · Answer

And the answer i-------s: ...for!

Anonymous · Answer

Thank you all for your responses.
I've learned a lot from this fruitful discussion.
Particularly it is interesting for me that 'among' is used to express something whole.
I will use 'the divorce rate for love marriages'.

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