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Lucas21c Posted 10 years ago
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To watch/watching

Could you confirm whether both of "My hobby is [to watch/watching] movies" are okay? Thank you.
  

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lucas21c Could you confirm whether both of "My hobby is [to watch/watching] movies" are okay? Thank you. I would use only the -ing form.

— CalifJim

  • lucas21c Could you confirm whether both of "My hobby is [to watch/watching] movies" are okay?
  • Thank you.
  • I would use only the -ing form.
  • I would add, however, that (in my opinion) watching movies seems way too passive to be considered a hobby.
  • As I understand hobbies, they almost always involve working with your hands to some extent: collecting things (coins, stamps), gardening, sewing, painting, ...
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lucas21cCould you confirm whether both of "My hobby is [to watch/watching] movies" are okay? Thank you.
I would use only the -ing form.

I would add, however, that (in my opinion) watching movies seems way too passive to be considered a hobby. As I understand hobbies, they almost always involve working with your hands to some extent: collecting thing
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Then, are "My sister's dream is to be a movie actress" and "To earn money is hard" okay?
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lucas21cThen, are "My sister's dream is to be a movie actress" and "To earn money is hard" okay?
Yes.
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lucas21cThen, are "My sister's dream is to be a movie actress" and "To earn money is hard" okay?
Yes, but given the choice, writers tend to use the -ing form as a subject in preference to an infinitive.

So, ... dream is to be ... and Earning money is ... would be my choices.

CJ
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