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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a friend started" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to an action or event that was initiated by a friend.
Example: "A friend started a new book club, and I'm excited to join."
Alternatives: "a friend initiated" or "a friend began".
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A friend started calling my husband Hank, rather than his given name, Huichun.
He and a friend started making playlists and rigging up lighting in the garage.
And so, in 2003 Mr. Siegel and a friend started Orb Audio, a maker of high-end home theater systems.
After World War II he and a friend started a station in Fresno, KYNO; he eventually acquired full ownership.
Mr. Kuemmerle said he had the idea for the ministry after a friend started an outdoor congregation in Boston Commons.
In 1989 she and a friend started the Baker's Dozen, an informal group of San Francisco bakers.
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Once, though he was nearly broke and working as a bartender, he pulled $1,000 out of his sock and gave it to a friend starting a restaurant.
Mr Marques said he was last there a few weeks ago when he withdrew €6,000 to help a friend start a business.
For instance, a friend starts to translate Ayatollah Khomenei's writings into English, an activity which will gain favour with the regime while actually exposing it to ridicule.
On Sunday, the morning after the Arcadia Tour, I rode alone with a friend, starting near Ettrick in the center of Trempealeau County, to test the theory.
When a friend starts asking a friend to do tasks that most people would get ten bucks an hour for, you begin to blur the lines between genuine friend and insincere boss.
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