She started to sing. vs She began to sing.

Both phrases, 'she started to sing.' and 'she began to sing.', are correct and commonly used in English. They have the same meaning and can be used interchangeably.

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She started to sing.

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate the beginning of an action, in this case, singing.

Examples:

She started to sing her favorite song.
He started to sing along with the band.

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And then the barbershop quartet I hired started to sing.
And was gone before the birds started to sing.
[man singing] - Until you started to sing.
And the sun was shining and it was a beautiful morning and he started to sing.
And then she started to sing like a thousand choirs.
And then you started to sing and have not stopped.
And once I started to sing, it was like everything stopped, time froze...
When the pig started to sing...
When the guy started to sing...
The only thing that could make this moment more cliched, is if I started to sing about my feelings.
Last night he got up and started to sing "Pazza idea".
Started to sing Here Comes The Sun, the opening lines, you know, and... and I just watched this thing come to life.
Anything with people trying to sing.
My blind grandmother taught me to sing.
We ran back to the end... and we started to make our we started to sing...
We began to sing a ditty we all Wanted to sing.
The mess was in the main square, and we started to sing,
Then she started to hit me.
Then she started to hit me. I lost it.
She started to cough that fall.

Alternatives:

she began to sing.
she commenced to sing.
she initiated singing.
she kicked off singing.
she launched into singing.

She began to sing.

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is also used to indicate the beginning of an action, in this case, singing.

Examples:

She began to sing a beautiful melody.
He began to sing softly.

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As she introduced her friends, his heart began to sing.
The people stood up and began to sing.
All of a sudden, my mother began to sing.
All of a sudden, my mother began to sing.
Brother Blair sat up and began to sing a hymn.
They stole my watch, they stole my ring and then they all began to sing.
Then all of a flutter and began to shout and sing.
And we remember him today because, as everybody knows, this is the time of year of a sad anniversary: 20 years, 20 years already of the tragic day on which Manuel Darío began to sing in public.
We began to sing a ditty we all Wanted to sing.
When the giant saw her, he tried to squash her, but she began to sing and he fell to the ground, fast asleep.
We began to sing a ditty, we all wanted to sing.
She began to dress for our sessions.
But gradually... she began to enjoy it.
She began to wonder whether she was losing her mind.
She began to describe to her mother in great detail...
So much so that she began to drink.
Panbanisha she began to write as well.
She began to look more and more like Carly.
Yes. And then she began to... rub me.
She began to cry so badly.

Alternatives:

she started to sing.
she commenced to sing.
she initiated singing.
she kicked off singing.
she launched into singing.

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