Learn English – What’s the difference between “I love singing” and “I love to sing”

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I would like to know what the difference is between "I love doing something" and "I love to do something".

For example:

  1. “I love singing.”

and,

  1. “I love to sing.”

When I was young, I was told that "love doing something" is right, but one day, I found Jessie J wrote "I love to sing" on her Instagram.

Best Answer

By1) I love singing.

2) I love to sing.

Love is one of the verbs that takes after it either a to-infinitive or an -ing form, without any difference in meaning.

No doubt, according to grammar, although both sentences should convey the same meaning, the sentence #1 is a bit ambiguous. This ambiguity arises because "singing" is not only a verb (present participle) but also a noun that means an act or performance of singing. So the sentence may also be understood to mean that you love to hear singing or love to hear people sing. However, if there is an object after "singing" such as I love singing songs/this song, there is not an iota of doubt that you love to sing.