Arjun Dahal ![]()
The word “I love you” is a word which is known to all languages as per their own equivalent translations to summon our feelings for someone. As a nerd of language and grammar, we shall look at the modern society where word “I Love You” has been hailed as a standard sentence to propose someone we love.
Proposing is on the hand whereas the response is the thing that is of our concern as a nerd of language. Now, let us examine two fellows. A is a boy and B is a girl. Let A proposes the girl B by saying “I Love You”. The response is either yes or no. This is the current trend as well as a practice that has been followed for a long time. In terms of conversations, it can be discussed as:
A: I Love You
B: Yes ( or no)
The response of either yes or no creates a conflict on the structure of language, because we only attribute yes or no for a question asked to you especially regarding requests and permissions where our point of view is necessary for the questioner.
If we intend to propose by a question, where only yes or no is a valid answer, then we are supposed to ask like this.
A: Do you love me?
B: Yes ( or no)
This conversation is grammatically correct and even the theme of proposing has been carried out by means of question. When we simply say “I Love You”, we are stating an affirmative sentence for which answer isn’t necessary from the view of grammatical syntax. We can just attribute “Thank You” from the view of grammatical if anyone says “I love you” if we aren’t hating them. An affirmative statement cannot be a question in itself that requires yes/no answer plus we can’t put a question like I Love You? which would be grammatically incorrect.
Thus in our modern society, where proposing and responding are occurring throughout the world each day, we all are being fooled by basic grammatical syntax, which isn’t followed and has made word “Love” beautiful and lovers a consequence of statement of Plato, “No man can be wise and be in love at the same time.” Now, it’s time for us to be wise.

