CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MARRY UP
PRESENT
Present
I marry up
you marry up
he/she/it marries up
we marry up
you marry up
they marry up
Present continuous
I am marrying up
you are marrying up
he/she/it is marrying up
we are marrying up
you are marrying up
they are marrying up
Present perfect
I have married up
you have married up
he/she/it has married up
we have married up
you have married up
they have married up
Present perfect continuous
I have been marrying up
you have been marrying up
he/she/it has been marrying up
we have been marrying up
you have been marrying up
they have been marrying up
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I married up
you married up
he/she/it married up
we married up
you married up
they married up
Past continuous
I was marrying up
you were marrying up
he/she/it was marrying up
we were marrying up
you were marrying up
they were marrying up
Past perfect
I had married up
you had married up
he/she/it had married up
we had married up
you had married up
they had married up
Past perfect continuous
I had been marrying up
you had been marrying up
he/she/it had been marrying up
we had been marrying up
you had been marrying up
they had been marrying up
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will marry up
you will marry up
he/she/it will marry up
we will marry up
you will marry up
they will marry up
Future continuous
I will be marrying up
you will be marrying up
he/she/it will be marrying up
we will be marrying up
you will be marrying up
they will be marrying up
Future perfect
I will have married up
you will have married up
he/she/it will have married up
we will have married up
you will have married up
they will have married up
Future perfect continuous
I will have been marrying up
you will have been marrying up
he/she/it will have been marrying up
we will have been marrying up
you will have been marrying up
they will have been marrying up
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would marry up
you would marry up
he/she/it would marry up
we would marry up
you would marry up
they would marry up
Conditional continuous
I would be marrying up
you would be marrying up
he/she/it would be marrying up
we would be marrying up
you would be marrying up
they would be marrying up
Conditional perfect
I would have marry up
you would have marry up
he/she/it would have marry up
we would have marry up
you would have marry up
they would have marry up
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been marrying up
you would have been marrying up
he/she/it would have been marrying up
we would have been marrying up
you would have been marrying up
they would have been marrying up
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you marry up
we let´s marry up
you marry up
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
married up
Present Participle
marrying up
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MARRY UP»
Discover the use of
marry up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
marry up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Why Smart Men
Marry Smart Women
“No matter how much money we make, we still think we have to marry up,” said
Minetor. “There's a sense that I have reached this pinnacle of my career and I
have to find a mate that is up here, too, or better. Women were still getting this '
marry ...
Christine B. Whelan, 2006
2
Romance on a Global Stage: Pen Pals, Virtual Ethnography, ...
Another problem with the term “hypergamy,” as it has commonly been used, is
that it reflects a gender-biased assumption that women are the ones who marry
up or are “exchanged.” Claude Lévi-Strauss and many others wrote quite ...
3
Marry Smart: The Intelligent Woman's Guide to True Love
... who is more successful at his job and can support a more affluent and
comfortable lifestyle. even today, a mother's advice to her daughter is usually to
marry up: to snare a man who has more resources and who will spend those
resources ...
Christine B. Whelan, 2008
"phrasal verbs marry sb off [M] to make certain that someone, especially a female
member of your family, gets married, or that they marry the person you have
chosen: She was married off to the local doctor by the age of sixteen. marry up (
sth) ...
Well, kin he run fast enough, mebby I will marry up with him. GRAMPAW: (Wrath
fully.) Kin he run fast enough, ye'll marry him! I never heard sech foolishment in
all my born days! GRANNY: What an airth do ye mean, Lanta? Ye'll marry him kin
...
6
Contesting Justice: Women, Islam, Law, and Society
If marriage is to be seen as a universal right, then clearly, prohibiting men from
marrying orphan women is more of an unfair limitation on women than on men
since men could still marry up to four other women as long as they are not
orphans.
7
Complexities: Beyond Nature and Nurture
There are also systems of marriage in which women may marry up (hy- pergamy)
but not down or may marry down (hypogamy) but not up. Burma (today Myanmar)
, as described by Edmund Leach ([1954] 1965), gives us an example of each.
Susan McKinnon, Sydel Silverman, 2005
8
The Psychology of Social Class
They tend to marry men of similar social class origins, and as many marry 'up' as '
down'. This is slightly greater for women than for men: while 72 per cent of men
move into a different class from their fathers, 76 per cent of women end up with a
...
9
Class: A Guide Through the American Status System
Prudent natural selection is the reason, as Jilly Cooper perceives. She notes that
if upper-class people marry downward, they tend to choose beauty only, and
concludes: "In general, good-looking people marry up . . . and the insecure and
ugly ...
10
Uneasy Reunions: Immigration, Citizenship, and Family Life ...
In her ethnography of Filipina "mail order" brides, Nicole Constable
problematizes the anthropological concept of hypergamy (that is, to marry "up" in
status), questioning both what it means to marry "up" as well as the "gender-
biased ...
Nicole DeJong Newendorp, 2008
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MARRY UP»
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marry up is used in the context of the following news items.
CJ Spiller resisted in-state pressures, picked Clemson | Saints …
Whereas in recruitment you are just having fun, here everything has to marry up great for everything to be successful and the two sides to agree ... «NOLA.com, Jul 15»
Facebook mines for offline data on users in new partnership as it …
The social giant has recruited Quantium, Experian and Acxiom as it looks to marry up its users' offline habits with its trove of online information ... «MuMbrella, Jul 15»
Hekia Parata urges Northland schools to catch up
Ms Parata said what students were learning needed to marry up with the economic opportunities. In Northland that included dairy, forestry, ... «Northern Advocate, Jul 15»
The Obedient Wives Club: for better or for worse
In Malaysia, a Muslim man may legally marry up to four wives, as long as he obtains permission from a sharia court. A spokeswoman for the ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
Love songs fail to save Palestinian marriage after war's devastating …
According to the Palestinian Personal Status law, which is based on Sharia, a man can marry up to four women. But many wives don't want ... «The National, Jul 15»
Stolen guns recovered
“This is particularly helpful to us in situations like this as we can marry up the data from SNAP provided to us by the victims to items recovered, ... «SunLive, Jul 15»
Abolished levels still used by one in three schools
“I know some schools have tweaked levels so they marry up with the new standards, and that works for them,” he said. “But my only caution is, ... «TES News, Jul 15»
Barbuto Chef Jonathan Waxman Has Two Rules for Grilling
It's really going to be about whether our visions marry up and I think they will. Re-opening Jams, moving back uptown: Are you nervous at all? «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
Several High-Impacting News Events On The Docket Today …
In the event that bids remain weak at current prices, price will likely trickle south to marry up with bids sitting around the near-term round ... «Action Forex, Jul 15»
Waikato Police search treasure trove of stolen goods
“This is particularly helpful to us in situations like this as we can marry up the data from SNAP provided to us by the victims to items recovered, ... «Scoop.co.nz, Jul 15»
