Have been loving vs have loved

Both "have been loving" and "have loved" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "Have been loving" is used to emphasize the ongoing nature of the action, while "have loved" is used to indicate a completed action in the past.

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This phrase is correct and is commonly used to emphasize the ongoing nature of the action.

"Have been loving"

Use "have been loving" when you want to emphasize that the action of loving has been continuous over a period of time.

Examples:

I have been loving this book since I started reading it.
She has been loving him for years.

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I should have been loving it, but I had to admit that ever since Matty and I babysat Morgan, I'd been a little... distracted.
Since I was a child I have been loving these remote places where you can walk for hours without meeting anyone e where the touristic industry is not so massively developed yet (with all the pros and cons related to this point).
I have been faithful, I have been loving, I have been caring.
I'm2930 years old, I have been in the field for nearly 4 years, and have been loving every minute of it.
Since you have been loving him one-sidedly for almost 4 years, You will not be able to fall in love with me so easily now that I appeared so suddenly.
I also know you have been a loving mother to Marianne.
I have always been loving Roberto as a man, even when he wasn't in the spotlight yet.
And so that's how Mike and I had a big, ol' nasty fight on what should have been the loving celebration of our 16th and 17th anniversaries.
Until their last day together, Stanley and Christiane have been sincerely loving to each other.
Since 1976, over 10,000 children have been placed with loving adoptive parents.
The apartments have been restructured in th style of other buildings, and have been furnished with loving care.
You, of all people, who have been nothing But loving and supportive to him, Especially when he came out.
I have been blessed with a loving wife, two remarkable daughters.
Then it must have been Mr Hartson the loving fiance.
I have been blessed with a loving wife, two remarkable daughters.
My wife, Cece, and I have been blessed with loving children and grandchildren.
There have been times of loving the praises of men, of wanting things, and giving my time to these other concerns.
Today, I am speaking to you from the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, where for several days I have been cared for with loving concern by doctors, nurses and health-care personnel, whom I warmly thank.
Have I not been a loving and dutiful daughter to you?
Through the texts and the prayers that you have translated for us, you have been the discreet and loving presence of Wisdom among us!

Alternatives:

have been enjoying
have been cherishing
have been adoring
have been appreciating
have been valuing

This phrase is correct and is commonly used to indicate a completed action in the past.

"have loved"

Use "have loved" when you want to express that the action of loving was completed at a specific point in the past.

Examples:

I have loved that movie since I was a child.
They have loved each other for many years.

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I have loved one man... and married another.
All my life, I have loved exactly one woman with all my heart.
Yet many men have loved me.
I have loved every single second that I have spent at Cyber Division.
I have loved you when I was coupled up.
I too have loved, nurtured, cared for.
Your father would have loved this place.
She's must have loved something about her.
I would have loved to fight you in your prime.
My Ellie would have loved all these.
I would have loved my baby too.
I would have loved to study music and dance.
Makes no sense but Alex would have loved it.
The truth is you would have loved him like a father.
She must have loved Father very much.
You would have loved the blue hydrangeas...
I would have loved to have been an architect.
Mother would have loved you, sweetheart.
She must really have loved you.
He'd have loved you for that snide crack.

Alternatives:

have adored
have cherished
have valued
have appreciated
have admired

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