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Pokh Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Over vs About

Modern-day snakes are believed to have evolve from four-legged lizards, but scientists still debate over/debate about whether that phase of evolution occurred on land or in the sea;

The Kashmir conflict is a current territorial dispute over/ dispute about the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmir_regionashmir region, the northwesternmost region of South Asia.

Guys ,
Please help me to understand the difference between debate over vs debate about and dispute over vs dispute about...?
  

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Hi, Modern-day snakes are believed to have evolve from four-legged lizards, but scientists still debate over/debate about whether that phase of evolution occurred on land or in the sea; In a context like this, 'debate' is a verb. As a verb, you just debate something. eg Modern-day snakes are believed to have evolve from four-legged lizards, but scientists still debate over/debate about whether that phase of evolution occurred on land or i n t he sea.

  • Hi, Modern-day snakes are believed to have evolve from four-legged lizards, but scientists still debate over/debate about whether that phase of evolution occurred on land or in the sea; In a context like this, 'debate' is a verb.
  • As a verb, you just debate something.
  • eg Modern-day snakes are believed to have evolve from four-legged lizards, but scientists still debate over/debate about whether that phase of evolution occurred on land or i n t he sea.
  • As a noun, you can have a debate over something or a debate about something, although 'about' sounds a bit more standard to me.
  • There's usually no difference intended.
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Hi,
Modern-day snakes are believed to have evolve from four-legged lizards, but scientists still debate over/debate about whether that phase of evolution occurred on land or in the sea;

In a context like this, 'debate' is a verb. As a verb, you just debate something.

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