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Is it OK to say ``Have you married your daughter?''
Grammatically there is nothing wrong with the sentence; but no one actually goes about marrying his own daughter. If the meaning that you wish to convey is ``Have you got your daughter married?'' then the question you should ask is ``Have you married off your daughter?'' The expression you are looking for is ``married off''. When you marry off your son or daughter, you find a suitable partner for him/her. Here are a few examples.
Radha's parents married her off to a rich old man.
The greedy parents wanted to marry him off to a princess.
Ganesh was married off to Saritha.
Source:
The Hindu daily, Tuesday, April 03, 2001
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