Many agree that there's no difference "between start/begin + infinitive" and "start/begin + gerund."
But in sentences like "When we first started to talk/started talking," the gerund version is a lot more common.
Maybe grammatically, both versions are correct. But colloquially, the gerund version is more common?
Best Answer
Nope, there are zero differences. "We first started talking" is easier to say than "we first started to talk".
Non-native has this problem of analysing things too deeply