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by fleitz 5927 days ago
argue 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.

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To 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.

puffythefish was just arguing the arguer's argument was arguably arguable.
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