begin to or begin -ing, difference

Srdjan wrote:

hi, Jane has just begun learning to drive. He was beginning to get angry after so much waiting. i know that either form is correct, but I can't still make a clear difference between them. Can you give me some explanation how to proceed ? thanx, Srdjan

Note that "begun" (past participle) is used with "has" (present perfect).

thanx pieanni for your reply,

btw how would you explain this,

Mary, look after your baby, -->
1. she has begun to cry.
2. she has begun crying.

I wanna say that the baby is crying at the moment when the sentence was said.
I suggest the first sentence as a solution, but not really sure.

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Getting over from a deteriorating relationship, Jane has begun a new life. In this present perfect application, it’s rather simple. In past participle application, it implies that two events happened with one preceded the other. Therefore, understanding when and how to apply past perfect tense to get your thoughts across may be a little challenging to learners. Past perfect tense suggest that some thing or event happened over a period of time before something else happened. Ex: Jane had lived with Paul for 2 years before Peter got involved. One may ask, can this sentence be written in simple past tense?  I will say yes. However, it really depends on how precisely or clearly you want to paint the picture by words. If I wrote “Jane lived with Paul before Peter got involved”, note that no time duration was given but still we can see the picture.

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Goodman

 

Glad to offer my 2 cents