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I get married

Is it ever possible to say "I get married ..."?
2nd, is it possible to say "I get to marry ..."? What I can think of is one person says "what do you get out of the deal?" the other person answer "I get to marry her". Logical?
  

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[/nq] It is common in informal speech to use the present tense to indicate a future action. I go to London tomorrow. I get married on Saturday.

  • [/nq] It is common in informal speech to use the present tense to indicate a future action.
  • I go to London tomorrow.
  • I get married on Saturday.
  • On Thursday, I receive my exam results.
  • Next week I take my driving test.
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[nq:1]Is it ever possible to say "I get married ..."?[/nq]
It is common in informal speech to use the present tense to indicate a future action. I go to London tomorrow. I get married on Saturday. On Thursday, I receive my exam results. Next week I take my driving test.
[nq:1]2nd, is it possible to say "I get to marry ..."? What I can think of is one person says "what do you get out of the
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[nq:1]Is it ever possible to say "I get married ..."?[/nq]
It's possible. The circumstances under which it'd be correct would be somewhat obscure.
[nq:1]2nd, is it possible to say "I get to marry ..."? What I can think of is one person says "what do you get out of the deal?" the other person answer "I get to marry her". Logical?[/nq]
Logical and correct.

denny
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[nq:2]Is it ever possible to say "I get married ..."?[/nq]
[nq:1]It's possible. The circumstances under which it'd be correct would be somewhat obscure.[/nq]
Not too obscure. It is possible when telling a story using the present tense, as is sometines done.

Skitt (in Hayward, California)
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[nq:2]It's possible. The circumstances under which it'd be correct would be somewhat obscure.[/nq]
[nq:1]Not too obscure. It is possible when telling a story using the present tense, as is sometines done.[/nq]
Fork you, fella.
Also, as David the Bass Voice pointed out, the present often serves as a surrogate for the future tense: "I get married next Tuesday."

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[nq:2]Not too obscure. It is possible when telling a story using the present tense, as is sometines done.[/nq]
[nq:1]Fork you, fella. Also, as David the Bass Voice pointed out, the present often serves as a surrogate for the ... logical, and it's good usage, but it makes you wonder what's going on here. What deal has been struck?[/nq]
Not a deal. He opened the right door and didn't get eat
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[nq:2]It is possible when telling a story using the present tense, as is sometines done.[/nq]
[nq:1]Fork you, fella.[/nq]
It's times like these when I seriously consider using s spelling checker again.

Skitt (in Hayward, California)
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[nq:2]Fork you, fella.[/nq]
[nq:1]It's times like these when I seriously consider using s spelling checker again.[/nq]
And for a good reason, obviously.

Skitt (in Hayward, California)
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[nq:2]It's possible. The circumstances under which it'd be correct wouldbe somewhat obscure.[/nq]
I get married every day and twice on Sundays.
Perfectly grammatical, if a little untruthful.

Fabian
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[nq:1]"Skitt" hu kiteb[/nq]
[nq:1]be I get married every day and twice on Sundays. Perfectly grammatical, if a little untruthful.[/nq]
In my youth I knew a chap who seemed to be very successful at finding new girlfriends, hardly ever being seen twice with the same one. His secret, so he said, was to ask every girl he met if she would like to ***. He had fewer slaps on the face than one mig
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[nq:2]be[/nq]
Not obscure. Next week I get married and we leave on our honeymoon. We'll send you a postcard.
Karl

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