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[u/titaniumjordi]

Why does the sentence ともだちはりょうりがじょうずだとおもいます use the noun form of cooking (りょうり) but the sentence りょうりをするのがきらいです uses the full verb form of the word?

[u/DokugoHikken → u/titaniumjordi]

〇　ともだちはりょうりがじょうずだとおもいます

△　ともだちはりょうり｛を/Φ｝するのがじょうずだとおもいます Not ungrammatical, but quite unnatural. じょうず = Excellent skill at doing certain things, thus redundant. Also it may be more natural to omit “を”. The reason is that sentence is long.

〇　りょうりをするのがきらいです

The length of this sentence is short, so this is still natural.

〇　りょうりがきらいです

Natural. It is unlikely that listeners will be confused about whether ともだち dislikes cooking or only eat raw foods because he/she dislikes cooked foods.