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The phrase "and started contributing" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to indicate that someone began to take part in a project, discussion, or activity, often after a period of observation or preparation.
Example: "After a few weeks of training, she felt confident and started contributing to the team discussions."
Alternatives: "and began to participate" or "and commenced contributing".
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He had published four well-received books of short stories and started contributing columns to a friend's blog.
They had recently moved from New York, where Mr. Graham had received a comparative literature degree from Columbia University and started contributing features to magazines like Harper's and The New Yorker.
I opened an investment account and started contributing $250 weekly toward investing in mutual funds to save for my home.
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Get over yourselves, get a real job and start contributing to life in a meaningful way".
Or, as the left-leaning Le Monde put it, "It's time to stop lecturing the Americans about their errors and start contributing to a solution".
You can get an early State invite now and start contributing to an opinion graph where what matters is what you believe, not who follows you.
On NowPublic, anyone can sign up for the site and start contributing to stories in the usual categories (politics, culture, entertainment, …) or even local news.
Vinay also has a message: "For all those people who are sitting on the bench and have nothing to do, join an open source project and start contributing.
Experience is still important, of course, but with today's tight labor market workers who have the skills to come in on day one and start contributing are at a premium".
How about, "How do we rate America's seeming awareness of their own predicament?" and "How do we rate America's ability to solve it's own problems?" and "How are ordinary Americans poised to race back and start contributing to the productive economy?" Faced with those questions, who would give America one "A," let alone three?
They cite the work of the economist James Heckman, invariably mentioning his Nobel Prize before noting that, according to his recent research, every $1 invested in preschool turns into $7 to $9 when the program's graduates complete their education and start contributing to the economy.
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