If you love your father or mother or even your sons and daughters more than me, you are not fit to be my disciples. and your friend is thinking of love as in a thing contained in or part of a person (or the person itself), discrete and countable, like trees, or wishes, or hopes, etc. For they had received the baptism of John. When in doubt, try this simple trick: If you (as in Who do you love) can replace the word with “he” or “'she,” use who. A primary pronoun of the first person I.
"Loves" is often used as a plural in English. "She is an inductee in the Podcasting Hall of Fame, and the show is a five-time winner of Best Education Podcast in the Podcast Awards. I do believe it is "love". Ask MetaFilter is a question and answer site that covers nearly any question on earth, where members help each other solve problems. Those Who Love is a biographical novel of John Adams, as told from the perspective of his wife, Abigail Adams. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.Or, than. You and your friend aren't attuning to the same entry. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularFrom philos; to be a friend to (an individual or an object), i.e. I didn't think of that context. In addition to "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" and In a slightly different context, a lot of my friends refer to affectionate animal companions as loves. Mignon Fogarty is the founder of Quick and Dirty Tips and the author of seven books on language, including the New York Times bestseller "Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than.Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person SingularI, the first-person pronoun. Luke 6:32-38 NLT - “If you love only those who love you, - Bible Gateway. A primary pronoun of the first person I.The, the definite article. The short answer is that it's both. Whom should be used to refer to the object of a verb or preposition. Ask MetaFilter is where thousands of life's little questions are answered.If love was an apple.. and you have lots of them, then they would be apples.I've never heard of "loves" used as a noun, only "love".I have never in my life heard "loves" as a plural that I can recall. If you can replace it with “him” or “her,” use whom. "I have two loves," meaning I love two people, gets the S. "There are different kinds of love," meaning different takes on the concept of love, doesn't get the S. Ah, scratch is right. I suspect that you are thinking of love as in a mass, non-countable entity (like milk, or hope, etc.) They are all very similar, but their differences lend themselves to separate grammatical rules and allowances. If you're the former, then you just haven't done any research on the history of language to know any better ^_~For the use of "love" as "object of affection", eg, "My great loves are music and mathematics", it seems obvious to me that the plural is "loves".Yes, there is. I think the problem is that love is an abstract idea, and therefore is hard to imagine as some kind of concrete Depends on the context(s).
In that sense, it works as a plural too.iamkimiam: different kinds of cake, different breeds of cat, different types of tea, different shades of color... in correctly formed sentences, there should be literally only usage that supports this. Love is tricky.Or, what scratch and hermitosis said. It was written by American author Irving Stone. Probably from ago; deserving, comparable or suitable.Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person SingularI, the first-person pronoun.
A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than.Apparently a primary word; a female child, or descendant.Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person SingularI, the first-person pronoun. Luke 7:29 All the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God's justice. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.Or, than. That is, you sort of can't have a singular of it.The OED lists at least 6 separate entries for the noun 'love' that relate to the sense you both are referring to. A primary pronoun of the first person I.Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularI am, exist. “If you love only those who love you, why should you get credit for that? King James Version (KJV) Holman Christian Standard Bible Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.Worthy, worthy of, deserving, comparable, suitable. There are different kinds of usage, just like there are different kinds of love. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.Worthy, worthy of, deserving, comparable, suitable. Proverbs 8:17 King James Version (KJV) 17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me. Love as an abstract noun and love as a count noun are distinct uses, and the latter (like most typical count nouns) has a regular plural form in "loves". Probably from ago; deserving, comparable or suitable.Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person SingularI, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularI am, exist. Have affection for; specially, to kiss.A son, descendent. Have affection for; specially, to kiss.Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Even sinners love those who love them!