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The expression "starts from scratch" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation when someone begins something without having any past experience or existing materials. For example, "She decided to start her own business from scratch without any outside help."
Idiom
Start from scratch.
To do it all over again from the beginning.
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Each event starts from scratch.
Next year starts from scratch.
Everyone starts from scratch every year.
Instead each new shift starts from scratch.
"Mormon" starts from scratch and gets the formula right.
"At end of the day everyone starts from scratch and has to impress the new coach".
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Start from scratch?
Everyone is starting from scratch".
We are starting from scratch".
Companies must start from scratch.
You're starting from scratch.
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