5 ms·

"To marry" is a verb. "Married" is the past tense. The headline is fine.

• zerostar07 14y ago
  Just for the fun of it, "married" is ambiguous as it may mean he married years ago (supposing we did not know whether he was married or not), but "got married" signifies a change. http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/ask-teacher/99745-got-married-married.html http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/ask-teacher/99745-got-marr...
  • heyitsnick 14y ago
    Additional fun (and ambiguity): The verb "to marry" also means to perform the marriage ceremony. "Mark Zuckerberg married" could, in theory, mean Zuckerberg married two other people. "Got married" doesn't suffer from ambiguity and for that reason i think preferred.
    • evincarofautumn 14y ago
      No. He married. It’s unambiguously intransitive.
      • eta_carinae 14y ago
        Correct. "To marry" is actually one of these rare verbs that can be both transitive and intransitive. And like somebody pointed out earlier, it can either mean that the subject is the one getting married or that they are performing the ceremony.
      • verve 14y ago
        Here, "married" is a past participle, and the headline is in the passive voice. Headlines from Google News analogous to this post's title: -Sleep apnea linked to cancer in latest studies -Falcon 9 countdown aborted in last second before launch -Apple, Samsung CEOs set for court talks
        • evincarofautumn 14y ago
          Yes, I know. I was only correcting the ridiculous tangent, not referring to the actual headline.