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Fab_ri

20 nov 2019

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¿Cuál es la diferencia entre Start to y Start -ing ?Puedes dar oraciones como ejemplo.

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Pinkdogs

21 nov 2019

Inglés (UK)

Starting: the beginning of doing something
“I am just starting to see what type of person you are”
“I will be starting the assignment soon”
“The game will be starting soon”
“The game is starting”
“I am starting to like you”
“This is starting to get old”
“It is starting.” “It is ending”
“Starting is the act of something that starts”

“The game start”
“There is a start and an end”
“please start the doing the assignment”

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Fab_ri

21 nov 2019

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@Pinkdogs Thanks, but that's not what I asked.

What's the difference between start -ing vs start to

E.g. “start doing/to do this"

Pinkdogs

21 nov 2019

Inglés (UK)

@Fab_ri
Sorry, I misread your question!

Start to: past or future
“Will start to do something” future
“I started to do something” past
“I will start doing that when I feel like it” future
“I thought that I would start doing that (at that time, in the past) but I didn’t” past
You cannot start to do something in the present moment. To say I am currently doing something you use “starting (to do x)”

Starting:
“I am starting to do this (now)” present
“I am (now) starting to do something” present

Is that what you meant?

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Fab_ri

21 nov 2019

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@Pinkdogs It's a much simpler question. What's the difference in meaning or use between start + gerund and start + infinitive

Tinamari

21 nov 2019

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The verb 'to start' can be followed by either the infinitive or the -ing form

He started to go regularly to the theatre last month

He started going to church on Sundays

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Fab_ri

21 nov 2019

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@Tinamari With absolutely no difference? It's just that I'm in first year of English and I've been taught that the verb pattern for the verb to start is always with gerund.

Tinamari

21 nov 2019

Inglés (UK)

No, the verb to start can be followed by the infinitive or the gerund.

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julesew

21 nov 2019

Inglés (UK)

Start- present simple
Starting - present continuous

https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/present-...

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¿Cuál es la diferencia entre Start to y Start -ing ?Puedes dar oraciones como ejemplo.

The verb 'to start' can be followed by either the infinitive or the -ing form He started to go regularly to the theatre last month He started going to church on Sundays

No, the verb to start can be followed by the infinitive or the gerund.

Start- present simpleStarting - present continuous https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/present-...

The verb 'to start' can be followed by either the infinitive or the -ing form

He started to go regularly to the theatre last month

He started going to church on Sundays

Start- present simple
Starting - present continuous

https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/present-...