The phrase "advance this argument" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to promote or support a particular point of view or reasoning in a discussion or debate.
Example: "In this paper, I will advance this argument by providing evidence from recent studies."
Alternatives: "support this argument" or "promote this argument".
The Pakistani government has tried to advance this argument in Washington, encouraging a less confrontational strategy in the tribal regions.
Only someone who had spent far too much time watching "The O'Reilly Factor" with a notepad in hand could advance this argument with a straight face.
None of us are infallible units of economic theory, and few have done more to advance this argument than Richard Thaler.
To advance this argument, the paper suggests that the forms of rationality associated with cosmetic surgery constitute a contemporary regimen of 'care of the self' which enable ethical agency and creative self-stylisation.
But the Tories are reluctant to advance this argument too vigorously, because they know it will make them vulnerable to the perennial Labour charge that they intend to privatise the National Health Service.
The latest tactic to advance this argument is the so-called abortion reversal – an unproven treatment that supposedly counters the effect of mifepristone, the first pill used in the two-drug regimen of medication abortion.
Others have also advanced this argument.
Since September 11 , 2001 she has written three short, angry books advancing this argument.
In advancing this argument, Wyeth relies not on any statement by Congress, but instead on the preamble to a 2006 FDA regulation governing the content and format of prescription drug labels.
The key idea for those advancing this argument is that once a state grants same-sex couples all the rights of marriage – most especially parental rights and the right to adopt children – it can no longer defend a ban on same-sex marriage based on ideas about children.
Mr Vilsack said: "The folks advancing this argument either do not understand or do not accept the notion that our farmers are as productive and smart and innovative and creative enough to meet the needs of food and fuel and feed and export".
