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Please edit this.

English translation: see

12:41 Mar 8, 2005
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Accounting
English term or phrase: Please edit this.
The spouses are not married and never registered their marriage at any registration office.
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Please edit this. This is in a marriager certificate. The word 'are not married' means "they never married with anyone before this marriage' Could I use past tense? Should I change it to 'were not married' ?
adda
Selected answer:see
Explanation:
The spouses have no prior marriages and have not/never registered their current/present marriage.

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TesCor -
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Local time: 16:02
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4 +2see
TesCor -
4 +1The couple have never previously been married...
Michael Bailey
5Neither spouse has been married before and they have [...]
Paula Vaz-Carreiro
5The spouses were not registered as married at any registration office.
user25 (X)
4The spouses have never been married before,
Сергей Лузан
4both were single
spider
5 -1Neither of the spouses have been married before.
juvera
3see more
Maria Chmelarova


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
The spouses are not married and never registered their marriage at any registration office
The couple have never previously been married...


Explanation:
or the couple were both hitherto unmarried.

Their marriage was not registered at a registry office... More infor perhaps required about this second half.

Michael Bailey
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agree  TranslatonatoR
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please edit this.
see


Explanation:
The spouses have no prior marriages and have not/never registered their current/present marriage.



TesCor -
Canada
Local time: 16:02
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agree  Michael Deliso: agree
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agree  Misiaczek
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57 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
please edit this.
see more


Explanation:
Perhaps, they claim they are spouses, but not registered.

Maria Chmelarova
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Native speaker of: Slovak
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The spouses have never been married before,


Explanation:
Hope it helps. Good luck, adda!
1,150 for "have never been married before". (google.com)
HAMILTON COUNTY PROBATE COURT
... Also, I was told by a foreign institution to bring a form stating I have never been married before, do you provide those forms? ...
www.probatect.org/marriagelicenses/faq.htm

Marriages
... The couple have never been married before and have never been Catholics.
If a spouse is sterile and incapable of having children, may a couple then ...
www.dioceseoflincoln.org/purple/marriages/

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Note added at 2005-03-08 17:49:31 (GMT)
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\"and both have never registered their marriage.\"
165 for have never been married before \"registered their marriage\" registered their marriage. (google.com)
Korea: Cheers for the Women 2001
... since she joined Zheng Xu’s company, she has been belittled by Jun Yuan. ... he marries Lan Ji but both have never registered their marriage. ...
http://www.spcnet.tv/reviews/review.php?rID=48


    Reference: http://www.probatect.org/marriagelicenses/faq.htm
    Reference: http://www.dioceseoflincoln.org/purple/marriages/
Сергей Лузан
Russian Federation
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
please edit this.
Neither spouse has been married before and they have [...]


Explanation:
Neither spouse has been married before and they have not registered their marriage at any registry office.

My suggestion. The only thing that bothers me is, if they have not registered their marriage how can they be spouses, i.e., married?!
Unless they can be married (by the church, say) without having to register it at a registry office...
HTH

Paula Vaz-Carreiro
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please edit this.
both were single


Explanation:
both were single(ie un-married!)before the event!(getting married)

spider
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
please edit this.
Neither of the spouses have been married before.


Explanation:
It is as simple as that. One could add: "...to anyone else or each other", but I don't think that is really necessary.

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Note added at 7 hrs 30 mins (2005-03-08 20:12:48 GMT)
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I shouldn\'t have written \"or each other\", that really is totally unnecessary.

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Note added at 5 days (2005-03-13 18:23:04 GMT)
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Ana, please tell off Shakespeare too:
\"Thersites\' body is as good as Ajax\'
When neither are alive.\"
Cymbeline, Act 4, scene 2, lines 252-53.

juvera
Local time: 21:02
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
PRO pts in category: 12

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disagree  Ana Zuljevic (X): "Neither" is singular, and as it is the subject of this sentence, the verb should be "has been married"
4 days
  -> So you like wigging. Here is an extract from the nearest English Grammar for Foreigners I found: In informal English, plural verbs are sometimes used with pronouns such as each, either and neither. e.g. Neither of the books have good illustrations.
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7 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
please edit this.
The spouses were not registered as married at any registration office.


Explanation:
Assuming it should state that this is their first marriage, this is sufficient. If they were not registered as married, you do not need to say 'They were not married' at the start. Saying it this way automatically implies they weren't.



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