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I have started working vs I started working

Both are correct and commonly used in English. They express the same meaning, but the first phrase emphasizes the ongoing nature of the action, while the second one is more straightforward and simple.

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I have started working

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English. It indicates that the action of starting to work has happened recently and may still be ongoing.

This phrase is used to indicate that the action of starting to work occurred in the past and may still be relevant at the time of speaking. It emphasizes the ongoing nature of the action.

Examples:

I have started working on the new project.
She has started working out to get in shape.
They have started working on their relationship issues.

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Check every last communication I have made since I started working here again.
I started working again. I have some problems.
Until I started working there myself.
Since I started working with Patrice.
The year I started working here, actually.
Cummings recruited me after I started working here.
'Cause I can't get you started working until I have all the paperwork.
Madam President, before I started working on environmental issues, I have to admit that my knowledge of chemicals was relatively limited.
That'd be a neat trick, considering I haven't paid you since you started working for me.
A copycat vigilante seems to have started working on the Res.
I don't know anything about any DVD, and I'm sorry, but, like I said, I haven't heard from Melissa since she started working there.
Hank, I have not been outside of the hospital this much since I started working in a hospital.
I would've noticed before I started working with you - but I... could swear he wasn't telling the truth.
Ever since I started working in this town, I've been losing to them.
I never understood that look until I started working for the CCPD.
I started working when I was 11.
I've saved nearly every penny since I started working for Dad.
I'm Sawamura, I started working here today.
I started working since I was 16.
I've been saving for a place like this since I started working.

Alternatives:

I have begun working
I have started to work
I have initiated working
I have commenced working
I have kicked off working

I started working

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English. It indicates that the action of starting to work happened in the past without emphasizing the ongoing nature of the action.

This phrase is used to indicate that the action of starting to work occurred in the past. It is a simple and direct way to convey this information.

Examples:

I started working on the project yesterday.
She started working at the company last month.
They started working on the issue as soon as it was identified.

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Since I started working with Patrice.
Cummings recruited me after I started working here.
I started working at the radio station in my hometown, in Poughkeepsie...
When I started working for Teddy, my life was falling apart.
Urban Myth was just a foal when I started working with him.
I started working at the repair shop.
After graduating, I started working full-time.
Ever since I started working in this town, I've been losing to them.
I never understood that look until I started working for the CCPD.
I started working when I was 11.
It was after that that I started working with those Irish roofers.
Listen, I started working on a beta-antagonist this morning in the lab.
I've saved nearly every penny since I started working for Dad.
I started working for him only 3 years ago
But then I started working on other things.
Then I started working as a beauty consultant.
That apartment's been empty ever since I started working here.
I started working since I was 16.
It began when my father left and I started working on the Boston docks as a 12-year-old stevedore.
I've been saving for a place like this since I started working.

Alternatives:

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

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