to watch / watching

[Fame]

Please see which is correct:

I love to watch plays.

OR

I love watching plays.

 

[tedmc]

What do you think? What have you learned about infinitives and gerunds.

 

[jutfrank]

They are both correct, but they have different meanings.

 

[Fame]

What do you think? What have you learned about infinitives and gerunds.

I think 'to watch' is wrong.

 

[tedmc]

They are different ways to express a fact. They mean the same to me.

 

[emsr2d2]

I think 'to watch' is wrong.

That's not correct. Both sentences are grammatically correct.

 

[Tdol]

In British English we often use the infinitive when we are talking about specific situations:

I like to watch plays when I have had a decent dinner beforehand.

The gerund would work when we are talking in general.