Start save money or start saving money?

Question

Is it right to say "Start save money..." or it should be start saving money?

and how the continuation of a such sentence after that could be... I mean, which of the following are correct sentences:

Hi @FFrewin, Welcome to EL&U. Your question seems too basic for this community. Why not ask them on our sister site ell ? They're a more suitable choice for beginners. — Jony Agarwal, Dec 17 '15 at 09:29
@JonyAgarwal - thanks - can you post the link to the site... because it doesn't appear in your comment. — FFrewin, Dec 17 '15 at 09:32
yes, I have already created a hyperlink to that site with the word 'ell' in my first comment and funny, it's working on my system. Anyways, http://ell.stackexchange.com/ ! Good luck. — Jony Agarwal, Dec 17 '15 at 09:37
Possible duplicate of “Started to work” vs “Started working”. — , Dec 17 '15 at 09:43
@Rathony, basic question for the site yes - but I don't think it's a duplicate to the one you mentioned. — FFrewin, Dec 17 '15 at 09:45
@FFrewin I didn't mean it is the 100% duplicate. People do have a different opinion and the adjective possible is used for that reason. :-) — , Dec 17 '15 at 09:47

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 17 '15 at 09:27

The first is ungrammatical. But you could say Start to save money and help people

The second and third are both grammatical, but they have fine differences in meaning.

Number 2 means Start saving money and (hence, by that action) help people.

Number 3 means Start saving money and (also start) helping people.

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