Yes, and if the people it "sounds good" to are the likes of Andrew Frisardi and other distinguished Erato company, it's hard to dismiss their impressions as irrelevant. One must at least ask why educated, native speakers who are extremely verbal, gifted writers, and lovers of proper language, have the impression they have, because those are the very people whose ears will govern the creation of future rules and conventions.
Carol, I agree that the infinitive as a noun seems best suited, when it's the subject of a sentence, when the verb is "to be" verb, but I'm not sure I'd limit it to that verb entirely. And, of course, when it is not the subject of a sentence, the infinitive is more common. "I love to eat" is just as idiomatic as "I love eating," for example.
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