A lot of difficulties are created by the habit of people in writing to rely on pronunciation. Our topic today is from the same series. The question: “Which form to choose -“ to adore ”or“ to adore ”?”, Is not as simple as it seems.
Origin
In fact, everything is solved by turning to the roots, that is, it is necessary to study the origin of the word - and the problems will disappear. The etymological dictionary states that the verb leads from the word “god” to its genealogy, and its meaning is initially the following: “Honor like a god.” Then the semantic content of the verb was transformed into the phrase "passionately love."
So, having remembered such a simple and remarkable thing as the origin of the word, the reader will no longer be wondering how to spell: “I adore” or “I adore”.
The origins, of course, are interesting and informative, but the meaning is also worth clarifying. At the same time, we will check whether the data of the etymological and explanatory dictionaries diverge.
Value
When it comes to adoration, the various fans are immediately remembered. The modern world offers many idols and items for worship. You can, for example, deify a football club or any activity. For example, a person thinks: “In life, you just have to write books or at the worst end of the article, but other works for me do not exist in nature! As many writers say in a biography: "And he realized that he would become a writer or no one." One trouble: biographies are written only about successful cases. This is understandable, who would like to read about a person who aspired to become a writer, but eventually turned into a combiner? Although this is a fun story. However, we were distracted. Reality is literally pulsating with adoration: movie stars, sports stars, millionaires, nimble businessmen - these are the people you want to be like, who you want to admire. Therefore, it would be nice to know the lexical meaning of the verb "adore":
- Feeling a strong love for someone. For example, adore his wife.
- Very loving something. For example: "Vasily Petrovich loves ice cream and every time he eats it for lunch instead of fried potatoes."
- Same as deification (obsolete form).
Now let's talk about the subtleties. The first meaning is not colloquial, but it may sometimes contain ironic overtones. The second value is considered colloquial. Moreover, the dictionary gives mostly gastronomic examples, apparently hinting that it is stupid to deify food. Also, the colloquial hue are the phrase "I love to cook" or "I love to drive a car." Regarding the third meaning, one can think of an example: “The ancient tribes adored their totem”, that is, endowed it with magical power and revered. Now, of course, a different meaning prevails here. After that, we think it will be difficult to make a mistake in the form of the word (“to adore” or “to adore”).
What if…?
Imagine that the root of the verb is really “a”. What does this lead to? Moreover, the word did not come from the term “god”, but from “bug”. But this is a completely different story. It is one thing to honor someone as the god of their destiny, and it is another thing to consider him a bug of their fate. We remind you that a “bug” is a computer term for a program crash. Thinking about how it will be more correct to write: “I love” or “I love”, you need to reflect on who the person is for you - a god or a bug. Once the answer is found, the problem will disappear.
French motifs
There are also options when people write “I love it.” By analogy with the previous example, “lampshade" comes to mind - a very old French word that became popular only in the 19th century. Now it means "lamp cap." As you can see, there is not much difference between the bug and the lampshade as objects of veneration. Therefore, you need to remember the correct spelling. The reader may already be able to answer the question of how to: “adore” or “obrate”. He has everything he needs. And the images are quite bright. They will help the reader no longer make mistakes and avoid an ambiguous situation.