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?

Need to check sentences with gerunds and infinitives I can not seem to grasp the rule or rules that apply in these cases. A user commented that: Gerunds are often used when action are real, fixed or completed and Infinitives are often used when actions are unreal, abstract or future. But I don't know how to apply it here. Being operated may be a traumatic experience. To be operated may be a traumatic experience. Why didn't you just send me out prowling round nightclubs? Why didn't you just send me out to prowl round nightclubs? That glut of cars in the market is not good for the business, is making us lowering the prices. That glut of cars in the market is not good for the business, is making us to low the prices. The market is teeming with that product, focusing on it is useless. The market is teeming with that product, to focus on it is useless. It’s a rip off buying a magazine, they are teemed with publicity. It’s a rip off to buy a magazine, they are teemed with publicity.