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get started vs have started

Both "get started" and "have started" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "Get started" is commonly used to indicate the beginning of an action or process, while "have started" is used to show that something has already begun.

Last updated: March 30, 2024 • 873 views

get started

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate the beginning of an action or process.

Use "get started" when you want to express the idea of beginning to do something or starting a process.

Examples:

Let's get started on our project.
I need to get started on my homework.
When will we get started with the meeting?
She's eager to get started on her new job.
Get started by reading the instructions.

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She said you should just go ahead and get started.
I'd like to get started today with Dewey.
Before we get started, I want a show of hands.
It's hard to get started.
Better get started in the darkroom, Alex.
Then let's get started, Mr Tim.
Once I get started, nothing can stop me.
I just need a suggestion to get started.
He said to get started without him.
Get to bed and get started early in the morning.
So we need to get started somehow.
This is how legends get started, right here.
I'd like to get started on all the files.
Before we get started, we always like to ask a few preliminary questions.
She just disintegrated before I could even get started.
Next time, don't get started without me.
Cowell, take someone and get started on the ice.
Then we should get started on the mixture for the cheese souffles.
Cass, take the team and get started.
Okay, a couple things before we get started.

Alternatives:

begin
start
commence
kick off

have started

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate that something has already begun.

Use "have started" when you want to convey that an action or process has already begun or is in progress.

Examples:

I have started working on the project.
They have started preparing for the event.
She has started learning a new language.
Have you started packing for the trip?
The meeting has already started.

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Your mates have started the topic.
The vines have started to climb up the walls.
We have started to put security first, also at international level.
Governments have started enthusiastically to go on-line.
They have started a new race, for more deadly weapons.
The kids have started all-new activities,
She and Sebastian have started the autopsy.
Me and my roommates have started a...
I must have started to walk.
Normally stoic and proper Icelanders have started protesting.
Somebody must have started something like that.
Lesser things have started wars between us.
Kinnison must have started the sonic cleaning.
Donald Trump will have started second term.
It's just that things have started to look a little bleak.
And five years later the away team investigating their disappearances have started to disappear themselves.
That's how I should have started.
The women have started crying already.
I must have started to walk. I don't remember.
Probably should have started with that, 'cause now it's super awkward.

Alternatives:

have begun
have initiated
have commenced
are underway

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