(To say somthing/act in a certain way) "instead of argument"
Does one have to say "instead of using argument" or "instead of arguing" above or can one say "instead of argument" as a kind of idiom?
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". If so, only "instead of arguing" works of those three. If not, please provide more context.
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- If so, only "instead of arguing" works of those three.
- If not, please provide more context.
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Are you talking about a sentence such as "Go to school instead of arguing!". If so, only "instead of arguing" works of those three. If not, please provide more context.
0Anonymouscan one say "instead of argument" as a kind of idiom?
No, it's not an idiom. Your guideline should be parallelism, so use the noun 'argument' only when it is parallel to a preceding noun, for example,
Rely on composure instead of argument.
This won't happen often. Most sentences of this type will involve "instead of arguing".
0It actually was (talk in a certain way) "in place of argument". So "argument" becomes not necessarily a personal act, but more like something that happened/could have happened, an event.
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