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I meant to say sooner but one small detail of the Lord Chamberlain's invitation to the wedding of William and Kate interested me. The grammar. Guests are invited to the marriage of the prince
with Kate. The traditional wording would normally employ the preposition
to, although 'with' is not incorrect and is now customary in more fashionable circles: 'with' does enhance the suggestion of a meeting of equals.
However, it should be said that
Debrett's, which I find quite common, is very much a
to-ist (click
here) and appears to part company with the increasingly modish Royal Family, eschewing the
with-ism in its formal wedding invitation template. Perhaps grammarians would care to comment.
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