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"start off" vs "start up"



 
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"start off" vs "start up" #1 (permalink) Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:31 am   "start off" vs "start up"		  
Hallo Torsten,

Could you please tell me the meaning of those two verbs.
start.....off
start....up

thank you so much in advance and I wish you a nice day.
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hello #2 (permalink) Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:28 am   hello		  
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Both 'off' and 'up' here are intensifying adverbs-- they carry no real meaning, but stress the action of starting:

I started my car.
I started up my car.
We started for the mountains.
We started off for the mountains.
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