i have started vs I have been starting

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'I have started' is used to indicate that an action began in the past and is still ongoing or recently completed. 'I have been starting' is used to emphasize the continuous or repeated nature of the action. The choice between the two depends on the specific meaning the speaker wants to convey.

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i have started

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate that an action began in the past and is still ongoing or recently completed.

This phrase is used to talk about actions that started in the past and are still relevant at the time of speaking. It implies that the action is ongoing or has just been completed.

Examples:

I have started learning Spanish.
She has started a new job.
They have started working on the project.

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I have started to nominate all parish priests anew.
This is why I have started to argue in favour of involving independent experts.
I have started with this thing from the age of 12.
For that reason, I have started an online campaign, along with many colleagues from all over the world.
I have started using KLN from Dynagrow and am seeing the same good results as superthrive.
I have started working on a short story, maybe a book, on forest monks.
I have started to make a waistcoat for you.
Then i have started to repair and carefully clean the motherboard of [...]
Rebecca and I have started dating.
But I have started understanding that these things happen.
I have started teaching silat to some children.
I have started to see a lot of things more clearly.
I have started going to the red light area.
And I have started a business in Philadelphia.
Because of you, I have started Swedish classes.
Phillipe and I have started to see each other again.
Jeremy and I have started talking about getting out.
Well, I have started it... several times.
March 6, Tuesday I have started reading a book taken from the library at the IRD.
Lately, I have started to love all the sweet stuff.

Alternatives:

I started
I have begun
I have initiated

I have been starting

This phrase is correct and is used to emphasize the continuous or repeated nature of the action.

This phrase is used when the speaker wants to highlight the ongoing or repeated nature of the action of starting. It suggests that the action has been happening over a period of time.

Examples:

I have been starting my day with a morning run.
She has been starting her homework earlier.
They have been starting their meetings with a team-building exercise.

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I may have just been starting my shift.
when I would have been starting primary school and forming an understanding of myself outside the family unit and as related to the other kids and the world around me.
I've been starting to read the financial records you gave me, although this isn't my strong suit, but I want to make sure I have everything.
I've been starting over my whole life.
It's my mom who's been starting everything.
But I've been starting ever since.
You only been starting one season.
I've been starting to scuba dive.
Well, he's been starting for us the last couple years.
He threatened his teacher, and he's been starting fights with the other kids.
Ladies and gentlemen, we will soon been starting our in-flight movie.
In the beginning, it was just social, but... Well, more recently it's been starting to worry both of us.
She would bring me, along with other news, the result of a certain experiment which I had been starting.
Affected by the gas, Uma killed her husband - who had been starting to get on her nerves anyway - and a large section of the guests.
More recently, he has been starting to see the Stooges wherever he goes.
Since 2016, the new OK-engine concept has been starting at national and international races and experienced a real boom.
If we had been starting from scratch, we could have discussed them all.
If you notice that your furniture has been starting to look a little worn and shaggy recently, upholstery fabric may be just what you are looking for.
We have been starting celebrating Halloween, in Italy, just a few years ago.
The morning bite has been starting slow with a late morning bite starting around 10 o'clock.

Alternatives:

I have been initiating
I have been commencing
I have been kicking off

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