Subject Particles with 始まる
In my last journal entry, I included the sentence:

大学院はまた始まります

The person correcting my entry changed は to が. If I'm using 始まる, why wouldn't I use は, since the subject of the sentence is 大学院? Or does 始まる always pair with が?

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Subject Particles with 始まる
In my last journal entry, I included the sentence:

大学院はまた始まります

The person correcting my entry changed は to が. If I'm using 始まる, why wouldn't I use は, since the subject of the sentence is 大学院? Or does 始まる always pair with が?

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Both は and が is correct in the case but I felt が was slightly more natural. I'm not sure whether there is grammatical difference or not.

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大学院がまた始まります。is natural. 
 If you write 小学校はまだ始まりませんが、大学院はまた始まります。is  natural.  I'm not a professional teacher, so I cannot explain grammar. Just I feel が is natural in this case.

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