Love of money is the root of all evil. The Love for Three Oranges (opera by S. Prokofiev) I have nothing but love for my children. "For the love of God, why would you say such a thing!" Note: "of" may be used to express that the object of the preposition is the thing that loves, as in the last example above.

Aug 18, 2015 · The sentences I love to play basketball and I love playing basketball are totally identical in meaning. But if you're saying that you would really like to do something (perhaps as a response to an offer), you'd say I'd love to. If you turn that into a complete sentence, you'd choose the infinitive only:

Dec 27, 2012 · Make a regard to an upcoming holiday such as Christmas, Halloween, The new year, or really any holiday examples: Merry Christmas, [name] Happy New Year, [name] Have a Spookly-good Halloween, [name] Love and good wishes this Valentine's, [name] but really, saying 'love' isn't so bad. love, anonymous

Mar 18, 2019 · If you are writing to someone you know less intimately you might use "All the best," "As always," "As ever," "With love," or, depending on the relationship, "Affectionately." An example a few pages later uses "with love" to close a letter to a …

It contrasts with the intellectual philia and primal eros-- it is love displayed through actions. zeromus wrote this in the comments, which is a good summary, I think: You literally can't love on the homeless without working in the streets (but you can love them from a sanitary distance by writing someone a check).

The grammatical difference is that "I love to sing" uses an infinitive construction, whereas "I love singing" makes use of a gerund. The difference in meaning is that "I love to sing" is referring to yourself singing, whereas "I love singing" could either refer to yourself singing or others singing.

Apr 4, 2014 · Extreme love (the image is of love shared in a common vessel; when affection was mutual, none of the love in the vessel was lost): Sore sicke he was, and like to dye, No helpe his life could save; His wife by him as sicke did lye, And both possest one grave. No love between these two was lost, Each was to other kinde;

Aug 9, 2012 · I would love to play cricket. I read this as one of: 1) My friend has asked me if I want to play cricket right now and I've replied "I would love to play cricket!" This could be followed by me saying either "So let's play!" or "But unfortunately I can't because I'm at my boring office job wasting time on ELU."

Apr 12, 2011 · @Kosmonaut: This is actually quite interesting. We do not have this performative speech act in Dutch, and hence we lack the corresponding ritual (apart from those who watch too many American television series). For starters we lack a current transitive verb to love. Among my friends, it is assumed that love grows and clichés are unromantic.

Jul 12, 2011 · The 'what's not to love?' spinoff variant started in 1974, as part of Volkswagen's advertising copy for a limited edition range of Beetle models that were styled on the Love Bug that featured in Disney's eponymous 1968 film. It even has a picture of the said ad.