Gerund and indicative working as the subject of a sentence
Playing basketball is fun
To play basketball is fun

Both are correct and I know that the second one sounds weird so nobody uses it in spoken English, but I would like to know the difference in meaning that they convey. They differ in something, besides the fact that one of them sounds strange?

Question

Gerund and indicative working as the subject of a sentence
Playing basketball is fun
To play basketball is fun

Both are correct and I know that the second one sounds weird so nobody uses it in spoken English, but I would like to know the difference in meaning that they convey. They differ in something, besides the fact that one of them sounds strange?

Answer

There is no difference in meaning, implied or otherwise.

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no difference

no make the 2nd statement more natural just change word order
It's fun to play basketball.

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I wanted to say "infinitive" instead of indicative...

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