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#1 14-Mar-2014, 10:29hooked up with
He has hooked up with Mary.
Is it also correct to say 'he is hooked up with Mary'?
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#2 14-Mar-2014, 13:22
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#3 14-Mar-2014, 13:44In the second sentence I am trying to say that he is already in 'hooked up' state with Mary. Then can't we write like this or else how should we write it?
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#4 14-Mar-2014, 13:51People here (young ones, anyway) use "hook up" to refer to a casual sexual encounter. Not a state of being in a relationship.
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#5 14-Mar-2014, 14:21Then what do we say for that to be the case?
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#6 14-Mar-2014, 16:19He's going out with Mary.
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