Anonymous the attitudinal difference between claim, allege, assert, insist, argue I see no difference in attitude: they all mean 'aggressively state' in some situation. You need to do a lot of reading to get a feeling for which one is used in what contexts.
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Anonymousthe attitudinal difference between claim, allege, assert, insist, argueI see no difference in attitude: they all mean 'aggressively state' in some situation. You need to do a lot of reading to get a feeling for which one is used in what contexts.