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Srdjan Posted 20 years ago
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begin to or begin -ing, difference

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00 Jane has just begun learning to drive.02br
00 He was beginning to get angry after so much waiting.02br
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00 i know that either form is correct, but I can't still make a clear difference between them. Can you give me some explanation how to proceed ?02br
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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Srdjan12cite 10hi, Jane has just begun learning to drive. He was beginning to get angry after so much waiting. i know that either form is correct, but I can't still make a clear difference between them.

  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10Srdjan12cite 10hi, Jane has just begun learning to drive.
  • He was beginning to get angry after so much waiting.
  • i know that either form is correct, but I can't still make a clear difference between them.
  • Can you give me some explanation how to proceed ?
  • thanx, Srdjan12blockquote 10Note that "begun" (past participle) is used with "has" (present perfect).
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01cite10Srdjan12cite10hi, Jane has just begun learning to drive. He was beginning to get angry after so much waiting. i know that either form is correct, but I can't still make a clear difference between them. Can you give me some explanation how to proceed ? thanx, Srdjan12blockquote
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0"Begun" is a past participle, used after "to be" for the passive voice, and "to have" for the present (your example) and past perfect tenses. In your first example, Jane has started the process of learning to drive, but it doesn't mean she's driving now.02br
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00In your second example, his anger was building up, and he was angry at the moment the sentence was spoken.0-
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0 thanx pieanni for your reply,02br
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00btw how would you explain this, 02br
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00Mary, look after your baby, -->02br
001. she has begun to cry.02br
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00I wanna say that the baby is crying at the moment when the sentence was said.02br
00I suggest the first
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0Hello, Anon,02br
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01u00Getting over from a deteriorating relationship, Jane has begun a new life02u00.00 In this present perfect application, it’s rather simple. In past participle application, it implies that two events happened with one preceded the other. Therefore, understanding when and how to apply past perfect tense to get your thoughts a

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