To like doing something
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Would "I like cooking" suggest to you that the speaker is interested in cooking, enjoys watching cooking shows, but she/he doesn't like to do it?
I think the gerund would work in both cases, but I know that some people might have a preference for the infinitive "like to cook".
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" mean the same thing: the speaker enjoys preparing food. If a person only likes reading about cooking and watching cooks shows, you'd have to say that specifically.
- " mean the same thing: the speaker enjoys preparing food.
- If a person only likes reading about cooking and watching cooks shows, you'd have to say that specifically.
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"I like cooking." and "I like to cook." mean the same thing: the speaker enjoys preparing food. If a person only likes reading about cooking and watching cooks shows, you'd have to say that specifically.
0Gene93Would "I like cooking" suggest to you that the speaker is interested in cooking, enjoys watching cooking shows, but she/he doesn't like to do it?
No, not at all. It means that he/she does like to do it.
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