2009年3月31日 · argueing or arguing? Anchel Senior Member. Nijmegen (Holland) Spanish (Spain) Mar 31, 2009 #2 I think ...

2008年2月5日 · Argue over: they are arguing over some object (who gets it) or who has to do something. it is more personal, related to some outcome that will happen after the argument. "They argued over whose turn it was to do the dishes" (I suppose you could also use argue about here, but personally I find argue over is more natural).

2017年2月8日 · In colloquial speech, I wouldn't bother with the wordy and rather stilted 'argue back and forth', while 'bicker' to me includes the idea of 'back and forth' if two people are involved.

2008年1月24日 · I would not be likely to use "are" in this sentence, but it really depends on the context. Generally "are" treats the family as individuals and is more likely to be heard in a formal context. If my family is arguing with me, I would use "is"; if they are all arguing with each other, and I want to be clear about that, I would use "are".

2019年10月8日 · 'Arguing' as a noun is the process generally. Only 'argument' can be used for a specific one that lasts ten minutes or happened twice on Tuesday, so you would only want a plural for 'argument'.

2016年7月13日 · Hi, I've just witnessed a situation when two colleagues were arguing/discussing about how to visualize information better. It turned out in the end, that they were talking about the same thing, but because they didn't articulate it clearly enough, they thought they were talking about different...

2017年1月16日 · 1) There's no arguing with my wife 2) It’s impossible to argue with my wife They both mean "arguing with her is useless". I don't notice the difference you mention, that (1) is stronger. But you may be right. The next sentence says the same thing in a different way ("already made up her mind"), which is a very common thing to do in English.

2022年10月12日 · I'm not sure what you are implying. Are you suggesting that we can't use 'hate' in the past tense? 'I hated how he always argued with me!' is perfectly fine, and what dojibear was referring to.

2014年7月10日 · On the other hand we do use the continuous form when we experience (see or hear) the argument - 'They were arguing all night', 'When I woke up they were still arguing'. For this reason, while your second sentence sounds fine, your first sentence sounds rather unnatural (to me, at least).

2008年8月13日 · In my experience, "You are arguing about the number of angels that can dance on the head of a pin" is most often thrown out by people who want to ridicule the intricacies of their opponents' arguments because they cannot understand them. It does indeed have a religious origin. To be precise, the origin is in Catholic theology.