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Akavall Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

"Argue a strawman" can you say that?

Does the phrase "argue a straw man" have the same meaning as "argue against a straw man"?
Technically "argue a straw man" means that one is supporting a straw man, which doesn't really make sense. However, some people use "argue a straw man", so I am wondering whether it is an idiom, which would make the phrase correct.

Thanks.
  

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Googling the phrases suggest that some speakers (a grand total of 9 hits, including this thread) err in omitting 'against'.

— Mister Micawber

  • Googling the phrases suggest that some speakers (a grand total of 9 hits, including this thread) err in omitting 'against'.
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Googling the phrases suggest that some speakers (a grand total of 9 hits, including this thread) err in omitting 'against'.
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