I was getting to love English. vs I started to love English.

Both phrases are correct, but they have slightly different meanings and contexts. 'I was getting to love English' implies a gradual process of starting to love English, while 'I started to love English' indicates a more sudden or specific point in time when the love for English began. The choice between the two depends on the nuance the speaker wants to convey.

Last updated: March 27, 2024 • 992 views

I was getting to love English.

This phrase is correct and implies a gradual process of starting to love English.

This phrase is used to express a gradual development of affection or love for something over time.

Examples:

I was getting to love English more and more as I practiced speaking it every day.
She was getting to love English literature after reading several classic novels.

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I was getting to sleep but you keep waking me up.
I was getting to know your guests.
And I was getting to really like him.
Athletic scholarship was the only way I was getting to college.
I was getting to know my new cell mate.
I was getting to the point personally where I would have taken a ride with anybody.
But I was getting to the end of my rope here.
Come on, I was getting to that.
As a producer took the kind young man to work, I was getting to grips with his wheels.
I was getting to think that it actually pays like to drop a bomb the way you did.
Just when I was getting to like the old place, too.
I was getting to that, Mac - you're stealing my thunder.
While Dad was getting to meet some old friends, I was getting to meet some new ones.
Well, George, I was getting to that.
But it was getting to the point where I wasn't seeing his face every time I closed my eyes, where you weren't waking up in a cold sweat.
I was sure my life was getting to an end. I couldn't walk, my head was not responding...
No, I was getting to it.
I was getting to her at last.
I wasn't saving the Pi Sigs, I was getting to the truth.
I was getting complaints about you.

Alternatives:

I was beginning to love English.
I was starting to love English.
I was growing to love English.
I was developing a love for English.
I was starting to appreciate English.

I started to love English.

This phrase is correct and indicates a specific point in time when the love for English began.

This phrase is used to express a sudden or specific moment when the feeling of love or affection for something started.

Examples:

I started to love English after I read that amazing book.
She started to love English when she traveled to an English-speaking country.

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It has been six years since I started to study English.
When I saw him, I started to love him.
When you said that... I think that's when I started to... to love who you are.
I started to lose something else.
I started to realize that people notavano...
I started to manipulate the body.
So I started to bother him. I started fights and teased him.
Suddenly I heard senior members of the church were speaking out, so I started to look, and I started to read.
At minute 12 I started to have ringing in my ears, and I started to feel my arm going numb.
Maybe I started to tremble, maybe I started to cry.
I started writing fiction in English.
It doesn't explain how she started to speak English.
I started to believe this day would never come.
I was so upset, I started to doubt myself.
I started to think I was safe.
I started to despair, until the Renegade showed up.
And then I started to cry.
I started to bust his chops.
You know... I started to imagine a life with her...
And I started to miss him.

Alternatives:

I began to love English.
I fell in love with English.
I grew to love English.
I developed a love for English.
I started to appreciate English.

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