START or BEGIN?- Confusing English Words #shorts
Today I want to talk about “start” and “begin”. Today I got a question from a student. What is the difference between start and begin? Short answer is - not very much. “Start” is generally more informal than “begin”. Here are a few examples to illustrate: • Let's start the meeting now. • Let's begin the meeting now. • The match will start in five minutes. • The concert will begin promptly at eight. However, there are two situation when you would use “start” and NOT begin. The first one is when we're talking about machines. • My car would not start this morning. • If you press that button, you'll start the printer. To begin the car or to press the button to begin the printer, these sound really strange. Another situation we would use “start” and not “begin” is when we're talking about a business. • She started a new restaurant and it's going really well. She began a new restaurant - that doesn't work. I hope that helps. Thanks for watching. See you next time. https://organicenglish.club More from Organic English: Organic English Website: http://bit.ly/Organic-Web On Facebook: http://bit.ly/Organic-Facebook On Instagram: http://bit.ly/Organic-Insta SUBSCRIBE ➡️ http://bit.ly/Subscribe2OrganicEnglish #English #LearnEnglish #EnglishLanguage #IELTS #TOEFL #ESL #englishvocabulary #englishgrammar #englishvocabularyforbeginners #grammar #englishgrammar #confusingenglishwords