Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Begin"

A: The overall meaning of the sentence is "The dryer has never worked."

"To begin with" is used to connect that statement to the broader context of the conversation. It's like "from the beginning until now, it has never worked." It's a bit tricky to understand. I'll try to give some examples:

*Person A comes to Person B's house and tries to use their microwave to heat up a cup of tea. When they try to use it, it shuts down in the middle of heating the drink*

Person A: I'm so sorry! I think I broke your microwave!

Person B: Don't worry! That thing's never worked properly to begin with. I can't get it to heat things for more than 30 seconds. I think I should buy a new one."

A: 探し始める

A: It should begin soon.

This meeting is due to begin. = This meeting should be starting soon.

A: I think you mean “it began to dawn upon me”, it means “i began to realize”- whoever is speaking is realizing something

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A: Canada has begun to vaccinate its citizens against Covid-19.

Some countries have already begun to use 6G technology.

Recent research has begun to show the medical properies of various mushrooms.

This story's adventure has already begun.

A: "By the time he had finished, the sun had just begun to set."
"I can't believe school has just begun."

A: I began to look for my cat.
She began to run.
It suddenly began to work.
He slowly began to wake up.

A: It all began on a night in September.

I began to write my Essay that was due tomorrow.

I quickly began running as the man behind me followed close behind me.

A: I think you mean “to begin with”. And example sentence could be... “To begin with, I would like to show you some statistics.”

A: "First of all" is mostly only used if you're going to follow with "second of all, ____", "and lastly, ___" etc.

"To begin with" is more open, as you might just be saying the most important point first without needing to clearly structure the rest. It also has other uses:

"It was doomed to begin with." = "It was doomed from the start."

A: I don't think these are common phrases. Adding "all" here implies that "it" is a large and important thing. There is not a real difference in the meaning.

A: Begin is more formal.
Example: The ball begins at 9:30. Please arrive beforehand.
Begin can also imply only the very beginning/earliest part of the action (think of how a book has a beginning, the very first part of the book in a long narrative).

We also don’t use begin for machinery, we always use start for machinery. We also use start for businesses.
Example: Can you start the coffee maker?
He started his business in 1979.

However most people do use them interchangeably, other than for the examples I listed above. I hope this helps as they’re extremely similar!

A: "Begin" is present tense. For example: When I begin to do something, I always finish it.

"Began" is past tense. For example: Yesterday I began to work in my garden, but it started to rain so I had to stop.

"Begun" is the past participle. For example: I have never sent anyone a letter. I *have begun* to write letters to a lot of people, but I've never finished them, so I didn't send them.

begin = start
began = started
have begun = have started

A: They are not synonyms though they are often used interchangeably but incorrectly.
You can start your car but not begin it. You can begin your speech but not start it.
Also start can also be used as a noun, while begin is always a verb.

A: You can use "begin to" instead of "start."

You could also say it like this:
"I'll start studying English at 8." In this case, you could also say "I'll begin studying," but that sounds a little less natural.

A: I think that it is okay to say "~for air mail to arrive..." I would say it like that, and I'm ネイティブ! ^ ^ If you want to, you can also say "It takes a week for air mail from America to be delivered.” But either one is fine! 後者のほうが詳しいかな？

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A: Begun

A: Begin.

A: de nada, me puedes feature :)

A: You can also use "will" instead of "shall".
Shall is used rarely nowdays (It's even more rare in American English). People just use will.

If you would like to read more about it you can check this website
https://www.grammar-monster.com/easily_confused/shall_will.htm

A: Yes perfectly natural and polite

A: Learn the pronunciation of each letter in the alphabet, then learn basic words and grammar. Once you have basic grammar down you can start learning how to form more complicated sentences and higher vocabulary. To practice speaking and listening, I recommend doing language exchange with a English native speaker, this will also help improve your accent and give you someone to ask all your language questions to. If language exchange does interest you, I want to learn Thai so I could do one with you and help you learn English.

A: You want to match your tenses.
It was over before it began
It's going to be over before it begins.