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Michelle Cha Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Dispute and argue

I am pretty much confused with the differences between the words dispute and argue.


I firstly know dispute is a noun as well as a verb while argue is just a verb.


When I searched for the usage of the words I came across the explanation by a native speaker like the below.


"We cannot say 'i disputed with her' but can say 'I argued with her'

However another native speaker disagreed with that and said the first sentence is correct.


So here I post this question to ask you native teachers in this forum, whom I trust the most. ??


As always many thanks.


  

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Michelle Cha "We cannot say 'i disputed with her' but can say 'I argued with her' Right. The two words are similar but not synonymous and I can't think of a situation where they can be used interchangeably.

— Ivanhr

  • Michelle Cha "We cannot say 'i disputed with her' but can say 'I argued with her' Right.
  • The two words are similar but not synonymous and I can't think of a situation where they can be used interchangeably.
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Michelle Cha"We cannot say 'i disputed with her' but can say 'I argued with her'

Right. The two words are similar but not synonymous and I can't think of a situation where they can be used interchangeably.

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Dispute requires an object (a complement); argue does not (and very rarely takes a direct object).

Here are some example sentences from fraze.it with the complement underlined:

He disputed claims that defense spending and his tax cut had fueled the deficit.
A defense expert disputed the medical examiner's finding.
Vega also dis
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Argue can be a noun.

He had an argument with her.

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