When do we use 하는 것 instead of the noun itself?
For example
수영 and 수영하는 것
so should I say '저는 수영를 좋아해요' or '저는 수영하는 것을 좋아해요'?
'제 취미는 수영이에요' or '제 취미는 수영하는 게예요'?

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We use '하는 것' when we want to change verb to noun.
It's like gerund in English language.
So, '수영' is a noun, '수영하다' is a verb, '수영하는 것' is a noun(gerund).
You can say both '저는 수영을 좋아해요' and '저는 수영하는 것을 좋아해요'.
And also can say '제 취미는 수영이에요', '제 취미는 수영하는 것이에요'.

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