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155 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

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154 months ago

   wrote:

acquired family

155 months ago

   wrote:

among her in-laws or in her husband's family

155 months ago

   wrote:

the in-laws

My comment:

seems to refer to these-literally the family that her niece-and herself therefore- acquired; the family her niece married into

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155 months ago

   wrote:

Yes, you have understood the situation correctly. I knew it was referring to the new husband's immediate family. Thanks for your input.

155 months ago

   wrote:

In English, we say the family he got when he married. It's just an image.

155 months ago

   wrote:

The "family he GOT" certainly does not match the original writer's register or overall style of writing. But perhaps "the family he INHERITED," in this instance.

154 months ago

   wrote:

I think "he inherited" fits, or as I said "married into- I like "inherited", maybe followed by on marrying- but you have to decide. We say he got/acquired but inherited is better

154 months ago

   wrote:

I think "he inherited" fits, or as I said "married into- I like "inherited", maybe followed by on marrying- but you have to decide. We say he got/acquired but inherited is better

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155 months ago

Josephine Cassar   wrote:

the in-laws

My comment:

seems to refer to these-literally the family that her niece-and herself therefore- acquired; the family her niece married into

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