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« Reply #15 on: February 27, 2012, 12:31:59 PM »

You can use with when deploying marry figuratively to mean combine:

"a rich chocolate sauce married with cherry liqueur and a sprinkling of crushed almonds"

"general fiscal prudence married with awareness of the volatility of emerging markets"

In these cases, to would be incorrect. Neither of these uses is at all common, and I wouldn't teach them to students except at the very highest level.
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« Reply #16 on: February 28, 2012, 09:26:06 AM »

Perhaps I was getting confused with that usage then, the figurative one.

I ain't teaching it, jus' aksin for me sen.
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