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The conjugation of the English verb to love was undoubtedly chosen by Greene because its Latin counterpart, amare (“to love”) is often given as illustration of Latin verb conjugation. The formal structure of English grammar, followed by both English and American grammarians, is derived from Latin. However, lest the reader feel burdened by the different combinations of to love indicating voice, tense, and mode, be aware that amare has 43 entirely different spellings for various endings and a number of two word phrases.
| Tense | Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Present | First Person | I love. | We love. |
| Second Person | You love. | You love. | |
| Third Person | He, she or it loves. | They love. | |
| Present Perfect | First Person | I have loved. | We have loved. |
| Second Person | You have loved. | You have loved. | |
| Third Person | He, she, or it has loved. | They have loved. | |
| Past | First Person | I loved. | We loved. |
| Second Person | You loved. | You loved. | |
| Third person | He, she, or it loved. | They loved. | |
| Past perfect | First Person | I had loved. | We had loved. |
| Second person | You had loved. | You had loved. | |
| Third person | He, she, or it had loved. | They had loved. | |
| Future | First person | I will love. | We will love. |
| Second Person | You will love. | You will love. | |
| Third Person | He, she, or it will love. | They will love. | |
| Future Perfect | First person | I will have loved. | We will have loved. |
| Second person | You will have loved. | You will have loved. | |
| Third Person | He, she, or it will have loved. | They will have loved. |
Note
Shall can be used to form the future and future perfect tense as well as will.
Shall tends to be both more formal and more emphatic than will.
| Tense | Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Present | First Person | I may love. | We may love. |
| Second Person | You may love. | You may love. | |
| Third Person | He, she or it may love. | They may love. | |
| Present Perfect | First Person | I may have loved. | We may have loved. |
| Second Person | You may have loved. | You may have loved. | |
| Third Person | He, she, or it may have loved. | They may have loved. | |
| Past | First Person | I might love. | We might love. |
| Second Person | You might love. | You might love. | |
| Third person | He, she, or it might love. | They might love. | |
| Past perfect | First Person | I might have loved. | We might have loved. |
| Second person | You might have loved. | You might have loved. | |
| Third person | He, she, or it I might have loved. | They might have loved. |
| Tense | Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Present | First Person | if I love | if we love |
| Second Person | if you love | if you love | |
| Third Person | if he, she or it loves | if they love | |
| Present Perfect | First Person | if I have loved | if we have loved |
| Second Person | if you have loved | if you have loved | |
| Third Person | if he, she, or it has loved | if they have loved | |
| Past | First Person | if I loved | if we loved |
| Second Person | if you loved | if you loved | |
| Third person | if he, she, or it loved | if they loved | |
| Past perfect | First Person | if I had loved | if We had loved |
| Second person | if you had loved | if you had loved | |
| Third person | if he, she, or it had loved | if they had loved | |
| Future | First person | if I will love | if we will love |
| Second Person | if you will love | if you will love | |
| Third Person | if he, she, or it will love | if they will love | |
| Future Perfect | First person | if I will have loved | if we will have loved |
| Second person | if you will have loved | if you will have loved | |
| Third Person | if he, she, or it will have loved | if they will have loved |
Along with the forms for the verb to love given above, the subjunctive mode also has the following special forms in the present tenses.
| Tense | Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Present | First Person | if I love | if we love |
| Second Person | if you love | if you love | |
| Third Person | if he, she or it love | if they love |
| Present Infinitive | to love |
|---|---|
| Present Perfect Infinitive | to have loved |
| Present Participle | loving |
| Present Perfect Participle | having loved |
| Past Participle | loved |
