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Typo in the first sentence: "Nobody could argue that the iPhone has been a revolutionary product in the cell phone industry" Surely there should be a "not" in
by puffythefish 17y ago
Typo in the first sentence:
"Nobody could argue that the iPhone has been a revolutionary product in the cell phone industry"
Surely there should be a "not" in there somewhere?
- glhaynes 17y agoThat usage is pretty standard. The "against" is sort of implied.
- fuzzmeister 17y agoIt threw me when I read it, as it's one of those instances where the implied meaning is completely opposite to the literal meaning.
- Qz 17y agoI've never heard that usage before, and I was an English major.
- fleitz 17y agoargue has two meanings, to disagree and to assert. –verb (used without object) 1. to present reasons for or against a thing. I agree that it's ambiguous.
- nopassrecover 17y agoTo argue is to present an argument. If you argue about something then your stance is unclear. However, if you argue a stance then you are arguing for that stance. Example: Tom argued about the war (unclear stance). Tom argued the war was a bad thing (clear stance, Tom disliked war). However, there may be a regional usage of 'argue' as 'question' or 'dispute' ("nobody could question/dispute the iphone's success") that I am unaware of.