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Sitifan Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

People should begin ___ some warm-up exercises.

Before going jogging, people should begin ___ some warm-up exercises. (A) to (B) from (C) into (D) with
The answer is option D. Is option B also acceptable?
  

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D (with) is the only one that works here.

  • D (with) is the only one that works here.
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D (with) is the only one that works here.
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"From" makes sense logically, as a starting point for your session, but it's never used. "To begin with," "Beginning with," "should/must begin with" are such common expressions the "from" seems to have no use, unless we're referring to a numbered list of exercises. In this case, I'd say it would be natural to optionally use "from."

"This time we're going to begin from the beginning."
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sitifanBefore going jogging, people should begin ___ some warm-up exercises. (A) to (B) from (C) into (D) with
The answer is option D. Is option B also acceptable?

No. No. No.
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CalifJim begin with [noun]
end with [noun]

Hi, Jim, I'm not quite sure how to fill this prescription. Is it meant to describe the use of "to begin" and "to end," or is it meant to describe what follows "begin with" and "end with"?

May we say "begin from [noun]; end at [noun]"?

Is something like "Let's begin fro
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I was referring to situations like that in the original post, where there are a series of activities, and you want to say which one you begin with and which one you end with.

We began (the meeting) with a prayer, and we ended with a patriotic song.

That sort of thing. begin / end by ---ing is another:

We began by saying a prayer, and w

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