~ing/to infinitive

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Sang-heui, Kim
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~ing/to infinitive

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Hi,

I don't know fully the difference between below two sentences.

My hobby is reading.
My hobby is to read.


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The gerund (here 'reading') is the normal form in this construction. An infinitive would be unnatural.
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