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The two verbs " start " and " begin " are like so many couples in the English language a really troublesome pair because of the problem of choosing the right one for the appropriate use and occasion.Take these two sentences for example
" I've started to learn English " and " I've begun to learn English "
Which one would you choose ?
Well, I have a theory about these verbs which I want to try out in order to test its validity. The difference really lies in the nature of the two words. "Begin" has a sense of leisure and "Start" has the idea of urgency . They both obviously indicate the idea of commencing but there is a difference in interpretation. "Start" gives the idea of suddenness. In fact if you were sitting in a room and say half asleep and you were unaware that there was anybody else there, you would say if you unexpectedly heard or saw them " oh, you give me a start " or as an extension of the verb " you startled me ".
Then you could say " My car starts straightaway in the morning ". If you said " My car begins in the morning " people would wonder what it was going to do next.
As a further use you could look at the English translation of the Bible and go to the New Testament John 1:1, to read :
"In the begining was the word and the word was with God and the word was God "
it would be ludicrous here to use the word "Start".
If you want to get on with a meeting because nobody is paying attention, you might say " shall we start ?" And thus indicate that there is a lot to do and time is important. "Shall we begin ? " is much more relaxed.
There is a sort of uniqueness in idea behind the verb " Start " as if it hasn't happened before, take these two sentences for example :
" charlie (baby) started speaking at the age of two " and "charlie (chairman) began speaking at two o'clock "
Back to my original question concerning the learning of English . "I've started to learn English " suggests possibly " I have to for my job " or "I've thought about it for a long time and now decided the time is right ". Whereas " I've begun to learn English "gives the idea that you have taken up this as a hobby and it might be of interest to other people.
If you had to give the two verbs a personality you might well describe start as "impetuous, decisive and efficient". Begin can perhaps be described as " relaxed, unhurried and good-natured ".
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