His school starts from August. vs His school starts in August.

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'His school starts in August' is the more common and natural way to express the beginning of the school term. 'His school starts from August' could be used in a specific context where the school activities extend beyond August.

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His school starts from August.

This phrase is correct but less common. It could be used in a specific context where the school activities extend beyond August.

This phrase implies that the school activities begin in August and continue beyond that month. It is less commonly used compared to 'in August.'

Examples:

His school starts from August and goes on until December.
The program runs from August to October.

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NightFest tickets are on sale from August.
The annual growth rate of loans to the private sector, at 1.2%, remained unchanged from August.
A Rosminian father hosted me in his school in Valle d'Aosta to prepare for exams, and just like everyone else, I celebrated the Feast of the Madonna of the Snows on 5 August.
The classic offshore race, organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club, will start from Cowes on the Isle of Wight, from 10:00 on Sunday 10th August.
Festival Show renews the partnership with REAL TIME (channel 31 of the Discovery Italia group), which, for the second year, will follow the Festival, as media partner. The best of the Festival Show 2017 will be broadcast from August.
It's cold in Chicago this November that in Italy seemed like a carry-over from August. We land after a night flight from Monaco and are welcomed into the neo-Liberty apartments of Loyola University. Winter has really set in here!
Therefore, from August 2009 ČSA started its restructuring process.
Things will change around this house when school starts.
Maybe we should make a regular date of this when school starts.
You can go out in the fall when school starts.
I thought you said school starts at 8:45.
I'll see you when school starts next week.
School starts at 8:50.
Girls, school starts in 20 minutes.
I'll pay you back as soon as school starts.
But, I mean, school starts back in September.
She could work for us until school starts.
Today, two completely segregated schools start a new life together.
I got a couple more weeks before school starts.
Many schools start every Monday; at some you can start anytime.

Alternatives:

His school starts in August.
His school begins in August.
His school commences in August.
His school kicks off in August.
His school opens in August.

His school starts in August.

This phrase is correct and commonly used to indicate the beginning of the school term in August.

This phrase is the more common and natural way to express the start of the school term in August.

Examples:

His school starts in August, just before his birthday.
The new semester begins in August.

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However, the period which starts in July shall end at 11.00 (Brussels time) on the third Tuesday of September and no period shall start in August.
Nothing hotter than Chicago in August.
Sowing in September-October for harvesting in August.
The exhibition is inaugurated in August.
Hoveram 2 depredations of puma confirmed in August.
Annual closure: 10 days in August.
Older couple on Outpost in August.
Girls, school starts in 20 minutes.
In Japan, school starts in April.
School starts in, like, three weeks.
We are a friendly family living in Dublin, Ireland - and we are looking for an aupair to start in August 2015, and stay with us for the school year - till June 2016.
Within 45 days the companies that will execute the reconditioning will be selected, so that the works could start in August. A traffic study will establish the roads to be restored.
I'll have a room free in August.
Lieutenant Radulovich was asked to resign in August.
The partner was executed in August.
It all began that year, In August.
I had a bad cold in August.
I always think your birthday's in August.
It stinks worse than a garbage truck in August.
Cereal prices have started to settle down after rising sharply in August.

Alternatives:

His school starts from August.
His school begins in August.
His school commences in August.
His school kicks off in August.
His school opens in August.

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His school starts from August. vs His school starts in August.