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I had started working vs I started working

Both options are correct, but they are used in different ways. 'I had started working' is used when the action of starting to work occurred before another past event. 'I started working' is a more straightforward way to express the beginning of an action in the past.
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This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate that an action started before another past event.

"I had started working"

This phrase is used to emphasize that the action of starting to work occurred before another past event. It is often used in past perfect tense to show the sequence of events.

Examples:

  • I had started working on the project before the deadline was extended.
  • She had started working at the company when she was offered a better position.
  • Jul 1, 2019 ... It has been two years since I had started working here. It has been two years since I had started to work here. Also can 'since' only be ...
  • Sep 17, 2023 ... 17K likes, 88 comments - basanthjain on September 17, 2023: "Today I would like to talk about a cricketer who I had started working with two ...
  • Sep 26, 2024 ... I had gotten into bodybuilding and put on 70 pounds of muscle. I had started working in advertising. I'd gotten comfortable living a social life.
  • Nov 24, 2020 ... 97 likes, 14 comments - cyrildeep on November 24, 2020: "My track "Rebond" is now available on #forbeirut I had started working on "Rebond" ...
  • Aug 23, 2019 ... I had started working on a PowerPoint import add-in but never published it due to not finishing all of the features the Word add-in had. So ...
  • Sep 26, 2021 ... At the age of 8, I had started working on a farm, but it was a really tough life, so when I was 15, I moved to Minde to try and find a better ...
  • Mar 19, 2024 ... I had started working at The Miami Student in the audio section, but I didn't truly feel connected to anyone at Miami until my sophomore ...
  • Yeah, I had started working on a new cd and then my studio computer went out on me. Took me a while to get things back up to par and back on track in ...
  • One afternoon in November 2016, a few days after I had started working, I heard loud noises and the sound of stones hitting the walls of the containers. It ...

Alternatives:

  • I had begun working
  • I had started to work
  • I had initiated working
  • I had commenced working
  • I had kicked off working

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to express the beginning of an action in the past.

"I started working"

This phrase is a simple way to express the start of an action in the past without emphasizing the sequence of events. It is commonly used in simple past tense.

Examples:

  • I started working on the project yesterday.
  • She started working at the company last month.
  • Nov 9, 2022 ... I started working at 9am this morning, and I haven't taken a break since then. Susan started working at her new job in January. We started ...
  • Mar 9, 2024 ... I used to be ok with 6-8 hours of sleep, but ever since I started working out and getting more activity in general I started sleeping 8-9 hours on average, ...
  • I Started Working Out Less and This Happened… Posted on June 20, 2017 by Matt · working out. Our theme this month is “Better is Better.” It started off as ...
  • Apr 26, 2017 ... Ok, I cannot translate all the work of the French author who made a distinction between: I started TO work on it and I started workING on it ...
  • Apr 26, 2023 ... Jose Resendiz and I started working together in 2006 when he was two years out of college and I was two years out of law school.
  • Mar 1, 2024 ... I started working on December 22, 2023, but my first paycheck was January 4, 2024. Do I have to pay taxes for 2023 or does that fall under ...
  • Jun 29, 2024 ... I started working remotely in 1999, spending over half of my long career not in an office at all. (In fact I used to speak at conferences on ...
  • Sep 21, 2022 ... I started working the week after the pay period on a Tuesday and now it's the following week and I know I get a paycheck on Friday. Will I get paid for both ...
  • Dec 11, 2023 ... I started working on a schema and after closing OR and opening it again I can't save new changes to the schema · Support · Lucas.Belo December ...

Alternatives:

  • I began working
  • I initiated working
  • I commenced working
  • I kicked off working
  • I got started working

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