word choice

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>>9816351
>>>/gulag/

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>>9816366
Did you just get BTFO in some other thread, sweetie?

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>>9816388
Just not in the mood to hear about your bf man. Either >>>/lgbt/ or rosties out reee etc

Most people would definitely use "started" instead of "began".

This particular distinction literally does not matter. Either are fine.

>>9816421
Shouldn't this be "Either is?"

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>>9816454
No.

Rudolf Steiner says that animals don't have memory in the sense that we have memory, of being able to conjure up past experiences and reflect on them as an apperceiving consciousness. Rather, they have habits that can be formed like instincts. So when a dog is "missing" its owner, it's in the same sense that a dog is "missing" food when it's hungry. Its instincts are saying: "Where is the thing we want? Where is the thing we want?"

>>9816540
that's false

Neither sounds super natural to me, but they are both correct sentences. I'd personally say "when I first dated my boyfriend" or "when me and [boyfriend] started dating" because I feel those are closer to how people actually speak. But I dunno.

>>9816540
this is demonstratably false.

>>9816918
>"when me and [boyfriend] started dating"
*"When my boyfriend and I started dating"

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>>9816458
yes

>>9816956
I know that's grammatically the correct way to say it, but most people get that wrong in casual conversation.

>>9816395
Or it could be a straight guy writing a female/gay/bi protagonist. Y'know, 'cause fiction.

>>9816351
>>9816421
>>9816454
>>9816458
First, there is not distinction.
Second, it should be 'either is fine'.

>>9816351
When I started dating my boyfriend
or
When my boyfriend started dating me

>>9816351
QUEERS OUT

>>9816458
FWIW the reason it is 'is' is because 'one' is implied-- either (one) is....