Timeline for "for X to debate Y" or "for X to debate with Y"
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| May 20, 2014 at 20:14 | comment | added | Peter Shor | A debate is also an adversarial affair. Consider I fought him; I battled him; I disputed him; I challenged him, I called him out. No ideas for verbs describing friendly discourse, though. | |
| May 20, 2014 at 20:08 | comment | added | Andy | @PeterShor A debate is a form of discourse. I can't come up with any other form of discourse for which the recipient/other party can be used as the direct object of the verb. Any ideas? | |
| May 20, 2014 at 20:04 | comment | added | Peter Shor | I have definitely heard debate a person in the U.S.; probably the Northeast. It certainly sounds fine to me. | |
| May 20, 2014 at 20:03 | comment | added | Andy | @PeterShor As an American born and raised, I have never heard 'debate [person]' used. The linguist in me wants to say it's probably a regional thing. | |
| May 20, 2014 at 19:58 | history | answered | Andy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |