Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

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zdunek

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December 11, 2009

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Is ‘love’ continuous or not?

  • December 11, 2009, 10:17am

Whoops. Let me reformulate my post:

I completely agree with Caroline Bauer.

Is ‘love’ continuous or not?

  • December 11, 2009, 10:13am

In my humble opinion, you're barking up the wrong tree. The 'problem' is lexical, not grammatical.

"I'm lovin' it" means nothing else than "I'm ENJOYIN' it very much".

Which works just fine in the progressive. This doesn't break a grammatical rule, it's a new meaning for the word 'love'.