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Angliholic Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Resolve/solve the dispute

We did all we could to resolve the dispute.
We did all we could to solve the argument.

Hi,
Do both of the above sound right and mean about the same? Thanks.
  

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Hi, We did all we could to resolve the dispute. Yes. We did all we could to solve the argument.

— Clive

  • Hi, We did all we could to resolve the dispute.
  • Yes.
  • We did all we could to solve the argument.
  • No.
  • The idiomatic term is 'settle an argument'.
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Hi,
We did all we could to resolve the dispute. Yes.
We did all we could to solve the argument. No.
The idiomatic term is 'settle an argument'. An argument is not seen as a problem or a puzzle, so the word 'solve' is not appropriate..

Do both of the above sound right and mean about the same?

Clive
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CliveHi,
We did all we could to resolve the dispute. Yes.
We did all we could to solve the argument. No.
The idiomatic term is 'settle an argument'. An argument is not seen as a problem or a puzzle, so the word 'solve' is not appropriate..

Do both of the above sound right and mean about the same?

Clive

Thanks, Clive.
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Hi,
The word 'dispute' usually suggests more 'heat', more emotion.
An argument can be cerebral, but in a dispute I might punch someone on the nose.

Clive
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