begin / start to do sth /begin / start doing sth.
1) 談及一項長期活動或開始一種習慣時,使用doing.例如:
How old were you when you first started playing the piano? 你幾歲時開始彈鋼琴?
2) begin, start用進行時時,后面動詞用不定式to do.例如:
I was beginning to get angry.我開始生起氣來。
3) 在attempt, intend, begin, start 后接know, understand, realize這類動詞時,常用不定式to do.例如:
I begin to understand the truth.我開始明白真相。
4) 事物作主語時。例如:
The snow began to melt.雪開始融化了