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nima_persian wrote: 1. He started to play cricket.
2. He started playing cricket.
Sentence #1 would likely mean that a person who often played cricket began a game. #2 would likely mean that a cricket novice recently took up the game.
That explanation certainly gives two possible interpretations of 1. and 2. but without context there could be others.
I don't agree with the categorical statement that there is no difference in meaning whatsoever.
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ChrisKC wrote:in French a "Frockiere",
Yeah, very funny.
But seriously, did you know that there is a real French word 'froc' which is one of many slang words for 'trousers'?
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I am a native speaker (that's just for the record, it doesn't imply that I'm right) and I feel that the examples with the comma give the impression that they were led by Mussolini in their fight against the fascists.
The ambiguity could be removed by using a relative pronoun.
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Or, to accuse someone of wrongdoing.
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forever young
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marsh
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