Begin to do vs begin doing usage
Hi! If my memory doesn't goes wrong, It's common sense that the two phrases are interchangeable. But my grammar book says that on two conditions we can only use "begin/start to do", which I think is quite a strange rule and thus question its validity.
1. When the subject is something, instead of a person. E.g. "He began to have / having gray hairs." But "His hair began turning to turn gray."
2.When the word "start/begin" itself is in present participle, e.g. "I was just starting doing to do homework when ..."
So do these rules really exist? Thank you.
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fold file 355 So do these rules really exist? I've never seen rules like these. The first rule is suspicious, but the second one makes sense.
- fold file 355 So do these rules really exist?
- I've never seen rules like these.
- The first rule is suspicious, but the second one makes sense.
- Violations of the first "rule" found online: The eggs begin hatching in May.
- Months ago, rumors began flying that ....
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fold file 355So do these rules really exist?
I've never seen rules like these.
The first rule is suspicious, but the second one makes sense.
Violations of the first "rule" found online:
The eggs begin hatching in May.
Months ago, rumors began flying that ....
Bulldozers began demolishing a few uninhabitable homes M
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