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Semantic implication

indy22

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Croatian
Hello,

when you say: "it's hard not to love her," does this imply that you don't love her, although it is hard (because she is lovable) or does it imply that you do love her and you can't think of anything else but to love her?

If you would say it in the past: "it was hard not to love her," would it change the connotation or would it remain the same?

Thanks in advance for your answers.
Please give us the context in which you saw or heard this sentence, or the one in which you’d like to use it.
Neither sentence definitely states whether the speaker loved her or not.

cross-posted
It's a sentence that I wrote and I am having doubts if I hit the right string. I wanted to hear your opinions. If you hear the sentence as it is - standing alone, what's the first thing that comes to your mind? That he is somehow trying not to love her (to forget her) or that he admits that it is impossible not to love her?
I am having doubts if I hit the right string.
We can tell you if you tell us what chord you’re trying to strike, and in what context.
We can tell you if you tell us what chord you’re trying to strike, and in what context.
that it is impossible not to love her, that you do love her and you can't think of anything else but to love her.
Thank you.

Yes, it works perfectly to convey that meaning as long as the rest of the context (which you still haven’t given) supports that reading.
Thank you.

Yes, it works perfectly to convey that meaning as long as the rest of the context (which you still haven’t given) supports that reading.
Thank you very much, sir!
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