Calling all English Geeks

[andrewducker]

(That's the language, not the country)

When would you use "Start" and when would you use "Begin"?

Comments

[blackmanxy.livejournal.com]

I use them largely interchangeably, opting for whichever one sounds better in a given sentence. I find "begin" slightly more formal and poetic and use it more often in writing than in speech.