What is the difference among "I love you" , "I have loved you" ,and
"I have been loving you."?
Please tell me about "Present", "Perfect Present", and "Perfect Progressive Tense" . :roll:
NOT A TEACHER
(1) Husband: I know that sometimes I am difficult to live with. Why are
you always so patient and understanding?
Wife: It's very simple. Because
I love you.
***
(2) Wife: Was it love at first sight?
Husband: It certainly was.
I have loved you since I first saw
you at the mall that day 30 years ago.
***
(3) As Mr. Moss told us, the present perfect progressive is usually
not used with so-called stative verbs (
want, desire, love, hate, like,
dislike, etc.)
(a) But Mesdames Celce-Murcia and Larsen-Freeman say that
sometimes it is possible if you add an expression of change over
time or of exceptionally strong feeling. Sadly, the two scholars
do not give an example in their
The Grammar Book. This is
only my idea:
James: I can't believe that you really love me. I'm old, ugly, and
poor. Do you love me, really?
Mona: Do I love you? I love you now more than I loved you when
we met ten years ago.
James: Really?
Mona: Darling,
I have been loving you more and more
with every passing year.
Respectfully yours,
James