to verb vs ing

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infinitive gerund
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Yes, but please answer my question.

In this case, are swimming, going incorrect?

King

hobby goes with an -ing word. You are talking about an activity. -ing shows activity.

My hobby is:

collecting [stamps / coins / butterflies / antiques / ...]
playing [football / tennis / baseball / cricket / croquet / ...]
shopping / gardening / reading / cooking / swimming / dancing / bowling / fishing / hunting

CJ

GreatkingMy hobby is to swim/to go there..... (1)

My hobby is swimming/going there.... (2)

Do they have the same meaning? If not, what is their difference in meaning?

"King"

Grammatically, both the infinitive and the gerund are correct after is (or all forms of to be). The gerund is probably the

In general, perhaps, but My hobby is to fishwill never do!!!

CJ

CalifJimIn general, perhaps, but My hobby is to fishwill never do!!!

CJ

CB, I've never heard "to see is to believe" or "My hobby is to fish"!

J LewisCB, I've never heard "to see is to believe" or "My hobby is to fish"!

Lewis, with respect, it's not my fault. A Google search gave me 35 500 hits for "to see is to believe". I didn't really need to do the search for myself The use of the infinitive and the gerund was taught to me at the age of 15, and it is of course in all comprehensive grammar bo

Hi, CB. I also have the book that you quote. As a native speaker I usually intervene to give my view of things and say what sounds natural to me. I'm from the south-east of England; people from elsewhere can in turn say what they find normal and together we'll make a complete picture. "To see is to believe" may not be grammatically wrong but "seeing is believing" is the standard saying that I've

Lewis, I have a high regard for your views and honestly think you are a better authority on English than many others who post here. I share your opinion on Google searching, I just did it because - believe it or not - I have seen 'to see is to believe' several times in texts written by native speakers.

You can't argue with statistics, though, and I am intelligent enough not to do that. T