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Dominik Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Happy couple/pair

Which is correct?

They look like a happy couple/pair.

Both?

Thanks!
  

Top answer

Hi Yes, both are good. The word 'couple' is usually kept for two adults who are partners... - Fred and Joan have been living together for six months - they look like a happy couple You could use 'pair' in that sentence just as well Pair would be used where there are two people who are not in that kind of partnership...

— Dave_anon

  • Hi Yes, both are good.
  • The word 'couple' is usually kept for two adults who are partners...
  • - Fred and Joan have been living together for six months - they look like a happy couple You could use 'pair' in that sentence just as well Pair would be used where there are two people who are not in that kind of partnership...
  • - Jenny's young twins - Paul and Peter - play well together.
  • They're a happy pair Dave
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Hi

Yes, both are good. The word 'couple' is usually kept for two adults who are partners...

- Fred and Joan have been living together for six months - they look like a happy couple

You could use 'pair' in that sentence just as well

Pair would be used where there are two people who are not in that kind of partnership...

- Jenny's young twins - Paul and
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Thank you dave for your clarification.

I wonder why in my dictionary they use "pair" also as a partnership between a man and woman:
pair (couple) - the happy pair
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Hi

Yes, as said, 'pair' could be used if it is a partnership

You could use 'pair' if you weren't sure about the relationship...

- I saw George and Sandra together in a bar yesterday - they looked like a happy pair
[...they were getting on well. I'm not sure, but they could be a couple...]

Dave
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