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ddh33
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 Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 1:44 am Post subject: start to do/start doing |
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Is there a difference between the two? Which is used more often?
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mescalero
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Duheng Deng:
Good to meet you. I believe that in most situations you will find that either "start to do" or "start doing" can be used. Off the top of my head, I cannot think of any examples where they don't both work. I would say, though, that "to do" implies something in the future, whereas "doing" implies right now. But this is a very minor difference.
Hope that helps. Good luck.
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