divorce 1
Sally told me she was going to divorce.
Sally told me she was going to get a divorce. When there are children involved, it is difficult to divorce.
When there are children involved, it is difficult to get divorced. get a divorce or get divorced (= end one’s marriage by taking legal action): ‘I had just turned ten when my parents got divorced.’ ‘It took my sister almost a year to get a divorce.’ 2
It’s bad enough when you get divorce, but far worse when you lose your children as
well.
It’s bad enough when you get divorced, but far worse when you lose your children as well. If we were divorce, who would look after the children?
If we were divorced, who would look after the children? be/get divorced (WITH ‘ d ’): ‘They got divorced in 1993 just twelve months after they were married.’ ‘It seems as if getting divorced has become fashionable nowadays.’ 3
The fact that your wife crashed the Ferrari is not a good reason to divorce to her.
The fact that your wife crashed the Ferrari is not a good reason to divorce her. For some reason, she didn’t want to divorce with him.
For some reason, she didn’t want to divorce him. divorce sb (WITHOUT to/with ): ‘She’d divorced her husband six months before and had gone back to live with her parents.’ Note that get divorced is far more common than divorce someone: ‘For some reason, she didn’t want to get divorced.’ do 1
See Language Note below 2
See THAT 8 doubt 1
Whenever I doubt about the meaning of a word, I look in my dictionary.
