Homework Help: language arts

Posted by ali on Friday, November 19, 2010 at 4:55pm.

What is the sense of the word "starts" in the sentence below?

By doing this she starts something she did not know was going to happen.

Is the answer intermenttently?

language arts - Writeacher, Friday, November 19, 2010 at 5:14pm
"starts" is a verb. "Intermittently" is an adverb. They are not interchangeable!

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/start
Check out meaning #1.
language arts - Ms. Sue, Friday, November 19, 2010 at 5:15pm
No, "starts" means "begins." It's the first step in an activity or project.
language arts - ali, Friday, November 19, 2010 at 6:39pm
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