On Jul 29, 2010, at 8:08, Toralf Lund wrote:

> Brian Walters wrote:
>> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:30 -0400, "Doug Franklin"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>  
>>> On 2010-07-28 5:41, Boris Liberman wrote:
>>> 
>>>    
>>>> I used "argument" as a synonym to "reasoning"... In no way did I imply
>>>> an argument as in: "a reason given in proof or rebuttal" or in "
>>>> discourse intended to persuade". All quotes of course are from the same
>>>> Merriam Webster page.
>>>> 
>>>> The more English language I know/learn the more increasingly difficult
>>>> it becomes to use it.
>>>>      
>>> That's a perfectly valid use of the word argument, Boris, but many 
>>> Americans would use the word discussion, or maybe something else.  At least 
>>> in the US, the word "argument" has overtones of disagreement, though it 
>>> really shouldn't, based on historical usage.  I'm not sure how that fits 
>>> with usage in the UK.
>>>    
>> 
>> 
>> You mean like this:
>> 
>> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-572077907195969915#
>>  
> That's just contradiction - I'm guessing, without actually clicking the 
> link...

No it isn't!  (I haven't clicked either..)

 -Charles

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