Infinitive/gerund as a subject
Hello all 
It seems to me that if a sentence has two subjects (see the two sentences below) , you use infitives only. Not gerunds. Is it really true?
Or, would you be able to come up with one sentence using two gerund subjects? I can't imagine doing it in the the sentences below? I guess it would not be possible at all, would it?
- To push (Pushing) through the turnstiles of a Taylor swift concert is to enter (entering), as the saying goes, a woman's space. Swift has the power to turn a hockey arena into a room of one's own.
- To walk (Walking) in nature is to experience (experiencing) one of the greatest simple pleasures of being alive.
Thank you for your help
Top answer
one sentence using two gerund subjects? Consider this simple example. Swimming and running are my favorite activities.
- one sentence using two gerund subjects?
- Consider this simple example.
- Swimming and running are my favorite activities.
- Clive
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one sentence using two gerund subjects?
Consider this simple example. Swimming and running are my favorite activities.
Clive
0What you call the second subject in your sentences is actually a complement of the verb to be. It is perfectly acceptable and correct to use the gerund as the complement. There is a saying: Seeing is believing.
CB
0anonymousOr, would you be able to come up with one sentence using two gerund subjects?
Wailing, yelling, screaming and making noise are prohibited in the library.
Texting and smoking are not allowed in the theater.
0[To push (pushing) through the turnstiles of a Taylor swift concert] is to enter (entering) , as the saying goes, a woman's space. .
[To walk (walking) in nature] is to experience (experiencing) one of the greatest simple pleasures of being alive.
I don't follow you. Your examples d
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