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Free sign upThe phrase "Start from square one" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used when indicating the need to begin a task or project from the very beginning, often after a setback or failure. Example: "After the project failed, we had to start from square one and rethink our entire strategy."
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It's crunch time, and you're facing a pile of textbooks and notes with a sinking, familiar feeling: In order to ace a test on all this information, you're going to have to start from square one and review everything you've learned over the unit.
We start from square one.
It was not as if Lord Saville had to start from square one.
No one likes having to start from square one each time.
If he is successful, the very reason for the E.P.A.'s creation illness and disease from pollution will reëmerge, and we will have to start from square one.
If he is successful, the very reason for the E.P.A.'s creation — illness and disease from pollution — will reëmerge, and we will have to start from square one.
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But every time you enter the social media ring, you might find yourself starting from square one: muted in someone's Facebook feed without your knowledge, or blocked on Twitter; ritualistically unfollowed on Tumblr or confronted with shared photos from a party you weren't invited to with "friends".
And so they started from square one.
"You're not starting from square one.
We're starting from square one".
But the task force started from square one.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com