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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Start with and start by
When do you use start with and start by? "Start with" together with nouns as in "We need to start with the exam." and "start by" with verbs as in "She started by giving an account of her..."? But then again "giving" is the gerund which is the noun form of a verb so perhaps they are interchangeable?
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Well, they are certainly not interchangeable in your examples. I suggest that 'by' takes only the gerund, while 'with' takes either the gerund or the stative noun.
- Well, they are certainly not interchangeable in your examples.
- I suggest that 'by' takes only the gerund, while 'with' takes either the gerund or the stative noun.
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Well, they are certainly not interchangeable in your examples. I suggest that 'by' takes only the gerund, while 'with' takes either the gerund or the stative noun.
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