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The phrase "started to guess" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing the beginning of the process of making an assumption or estimation about something. Example: "As the clues became more apparent, she started to guess the answer to the riddle."
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Then he started to guess what Kerby did for a living to have such a nice ride but he couldn't get it right.
This may be due to what has been called the 'mere measurement' effect (Godin et al, 2008): either the questionnaire itself increased awareness, or women started to guess the correct, or most appropriate, answers because they were repeatedly asked the same question.
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I have spent 55 years in this country and people still look at me quizzically and start to guess about the accent: you must be Irish, Canadian, British, German.
But how does Google start to guess at what you're looking for?
"I started to think about what the difference would be between now and later and the biggest difference between now and later is that after 35 my eggs start to... age, I guess, for the lack of better term".
But then we started to second-guess ourselves.
But the move has set off a flurry of Internet controversy about whether some Dow Jones editors might already have started to second-guess the preferences of their new boss.
When he got into our rental car, revealing an abundance of facial scars and squawking in a terrifying cockney accent, we started to second-guess our decision to let him in.
I started to second guess myself and my audience... Is this too much?
You will start to second-guess your craft, and it can make you think that it's not as simple as picking up your axe and playing it.
You start to second-guess yourself".
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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.

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