Comments on: Get off to a good start https://plainenglish.com/expressions/get-off-to-a-good-start/ Upgrade your English Thu, 21 Nov 2024 05:11:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/get-off-to-a-good-start/#comment-4878 Mon, 07 Aug 2023 17:15:42 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=18620#comment-4878 In reply to Eugene.

This is correct, but you might clarify it and say: I’m convinced that having a good night’s sleep is the best way to get off to a good start the next day.

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By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/get-off-to-a-good-start/#comment-4872 Mon, 07 Aug 2023 17:12:48 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=18620#comment-4872 In reply to Cemre.

Quick edit on this part: “due to the internet connection was very poor.” When you use “due to” you need to put an object. You would say, “due to the bad internet connection at the airport.” If you want to use a subject-verb (“the internet connection was”, then you’d use “because.” So two options would be:

1. I couldn’t complete online check-in before the flight because the internet connection was very poor.
2. I couldn’t complete online check-in before the flight due to the poor internet connection at the airport.

But “off to a bad start” is perfect in this example

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By: Eugene https://plainenglish.com/expressions/get-off-to-a-good-start/#comment-4865 Mon, 07 Aug 2023 12:44:55 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=18620#comment-4865 I’m convinced that having a good night’s sleep is the best way to get off to a good start.

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By: Cemre https://plainenglish.com/expressions/get-off-to-a-good-start/#comment-4859 Mon, 07 Aug 2023 10:27:11 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=18620#comment-4859 I couldn’t complete online check-in before the flight due to the internet connection was very poor. So the airline charged me 45 euros! My vacation got off to a bad start.

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By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/get-off-to-a-good-start/#comment-4843 Thu, 03 Aug 2023 16:41:50 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=18620#comment-4843 ]]> In reply to Estefan.

🤗

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By: Estefan https://plainenglish.com/expressions/get-off-to-a-good-start/#comment-4840 Thu, 03 Aug 2023 05:53:09 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=18620#comment-4840 In reply to Jeff.

That might sound strange. The more mistakes I made, the more feedback I get. I’m thrilled to see your feedback every time because there are existing cultural gaps between Chinese and English. Through your feedback, I can see more perspectives and get different usages in English. Thank you, Jeff. It helps me a lot.

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By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/get-off-to-a-good-start/#comment-4839 Wed, 02 Aug 2023 15:54:59 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=18620#comment-4839 In reply to Estefan.

Both examples are correct in using “get off to a good start.”

“Chew on” is a funny example. You may have learned that it means to think about something deeply. But I would say you should use it when thinking about a problem, an ethical dilemma, or something you need to resolve. In this sentence, you might even say, “…week by reflecting on what I’ve learned.” Reflecting on means, to think back on something, to process it in your mind.

Here’s how you might use chew on: “This week got off to a strange start. I saw someone turn on the AC in the library even though he was the only person in there. I was chewing on whether to report it to the condo board, when someone else spoke up for me and asked our neighbor to turn off the AC.”

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By: Estefan https://plainenglish.com/expressions/get-off-to-a-good-start/#comment-4835 Wed, 02 Aug 2023 09:59:54 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=18620#comment-4835 I got off to a great start this week by chewing on what I’ve learned thus far for English and doing a 30-minute workout every day.
The government got off to a challenging start to implement this increasing price to national health insurance.

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By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/get-off-to-a-good-start/#comment-4826 Tue, 01 Aug 2023 15:03:09 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=18620#comment-4826 In reply to Alan.

8:20 is not even close to 6! You must have needed the sleep. A few tips:

“My dog broke the toy of another dog at home” > “My dog broke another dog’s toy”
“refused to get out of” > “refused to leave”
“I started to work later” > “I started work later than normal” or “I started working late.”
“Over the day” > “Over the course of the day”
“Things got normal” > “Things got back to normal”

“Home office” is a strange phrase – it’s an Anglicism in many other languages that doesn’t mean what it means in English. In English, “home office” is a room in your house dedicated to doing work. In other languages “home office” (said in English) means “performing your job in your house.” For that, we say “work at home.” So you would say, “It didn’t affect my job since I work at home, but it’s…”

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By: Alan https://plainenglish.com/expressions/get-off-to-a-good-start/#comment-4820 Mon, 31 Jul 2023 18:47:43 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=18620#comment-4820 Exactly today I got my morning off a bad start because I didn’t wake up early at 6 am, to be honest I woke up at 8:20 am. Then, I didn’t go to the gym, my dog broke the toy of another dog at home, he refused to get out her dog’s house and I started to work later. It didn’t affected my job, I work at home office, but it’s not the best way to start a morning Monday. Over the day, the things got normal, and I’ll have a good meeting as soon I finishe to write it, and at the and of the day I’ll have my Karate lesson. I hope this make my day finishe very well!

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