I increasingly come across 'I love to dance', 'I love to swim' etc in contexts where I would say 'I love swimming' etc.
'I love to swim' sounds wrong to me here. I would always use the verbal noun ('swimming') when I mean 'swimming is an activity that I love.' I would only say 'I love to swim' if it was followed by some additional phrase such as 'whenever I get the chance' or 'in a bracingly cool pool such as that at Forest Hill.' In other words when I am talking about a particular occasion or occasions for swimming, not swimming as an activity. Anyone agree?
And another thing. I heard BBC a (yes, really) announcer the other day referring to 'Nick Clegg's call-in on LBC.' What's wrong with 'phone-in'?