Common Mistakes : Beloved

adjective

.BAD: He spends as much time as he can with his beloved children

.GOOD: He spends as much time as he can with his children

Beloved is used only in literary and humorous styles

.There were many regrets in her life, but her beloved son was not one of them

.He wants to move closer to his beloved football team, Chester City

It is particularly common on gravestones and old-fashioned birthday cards

.To the memory of Alice Holt, beloved wife of Thomas Holt