difference between "start to do" and "start doing"

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JoJo728

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Can someone please tell me the difference between "start to do" and "start doing", under what circumstances do you use them respectively?
 

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From start. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993

start (v.)

This weak verb can be combined with either a gerund or to plus an infinitive: He started speaking and He started to speak mean the same.​
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Note, though, that for some native speakers there is a difference between start to do and start doing:


Start to do <hasn't started yet or is in preparation>
Ex:I'll start to do that tomorrow.
Start doing <has started already or is already prepared and ready to start>
Ex: I'll start doing that tomorrow.
 
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