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03-07-08, 01:58 PM
I was showing nothing but respect!
Argumentative is synonymous with debate, not disrespect.
]ar·gue
verb, -gued, -gu·ing. –verb (used without object) <table class="luna-Ent"><tbody><tr><td class="dn" valign="top">1.</td><td valign="top">to present reasons for or against a thing: He argued in favor of capital punishment. </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="luna-Ent"><tbody><tr><td class="dn" valign="top">2.</td><td valign="top">to contend in oral disagreement; dispute: The Senator argued with the President about the new tax bill. </td></tr></tbody></table> –verb (used with object) <table class="luna-Ent"><tbody><tr><td class="dn" valign="top">3.</td><td valign="top">to state the reasons for or against: The lawyers argued the case. </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="luna-Ent"><tbody><tr><td class="dn" valign="top">4.</td><td valign="top">to maintain in reasoning: to argue that the news report must be wrong. </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="luna-Ent"><tbody><tr><td class="dn" valign="top">5.</td><td valign="top">to persuade, drive, etc., by reasoning: to argue someone out of a plan. </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="luna-Ent"><tbody><tr><td class="dn" valign="top">6.</td><td valign="top">to show; prove; imply; indicate: His clothes argue poverty. </td></tr></tbody></table>
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—Synonyms 1, 2. Argue, debate, discuss imply using reasons or proofs to support or refute an assertion, proposition, or principle.
Argumentative is synonymous with debate, not disrespect.
]ar·gue
verb, -gued, -gu·ing. –verb (used without object) <table class="luna-Ent"><tbody><tr><td class="dn" valign="top">1.</td><td valign="top">to present reasons for or against a thing: He argued in favor of capital punishment. </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="luna-Ent"><tbody><tr><td class="dn" valign="top">2.</td><td valign="top">to contend in oral disagreement; dispute: The Senator argued with the President about the new tax bill. </td></tr></tbody></table> –verb (used with object) <table class="luna-Ent"><tbody><tr><td class="dn" valign="top">3.</td><td valign="top">to state the reasons for or against: The lawyers argued the case. </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="luna-Ent"><tbody><tr><td class="dn" valign="top">4.</td><td valign="top">to maintain in reasoning: to argue that the news report must be wrong. </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="luna-Ent"><tbody><tr><td class="dn" valign="top">5.</td><td valign="top">to persuade, drive, etc., by reasoning: to argue someone out of a plan. </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="luna-Ent"><tbody><tr><td class="dn" valign="top">6.</td><td valign="top">to show; prove; imply; indicate: His clothes argue poverty. </td></tr></tbody></table>
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—Synonyms 1, 2. Argue, debate, discuss imply using reasons or proofs to support or refute an assertion, proposition, or principle.