The phrase "an argument for something" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a rationale or reasoning in support of a particular idea, position, or action.
Example: "In her essay, she presented a compelling argument for renewable energy as a solution to climate change."
Alternatives: "a case for something" or "a rationale for something".
But two new restaurants make a convincing argument for something bigger: a coherent regional cuisine, drawing on the countries' colonial past and overlaying it with the southern European and Asian influences of postwar migration.
When you make a satirical argument for something, it should be in a serious or matter-of-fact tone.
This is an argument for qualia as something over and above the physical.
Whether it is possible to spell out the distinction between an "advantageous representation" of such propositions and an argument for them, is something I leave undecided here.
In the propositional-attitude literature, the corresponding transportation argument has been taken as the basis of an argument for "narrow content," viz., for something that is intentional content within the meaning of the act but is narrow rather than, as usual, wide.
Functioning as a kind of impromptu public laboratory, play streets can demonstrate just how effective such spaces can be, and provide an argument for making such outlets — or something like them — permanent.
The argument for something more fundamental is that, in a practice that is a long way from best, many of these things are not being done, despite the fact that it has long been clear that they should be.Reviews can be sloppy and incomplete.
My view is that the public will respect us more if we stand for something and make an argument for it".
The answer to question 2 is probably no — but that's an argument for replacing the current policy with something better, like purchases of MBS and/or stronger forward guidance, not for a taper all by itself, which serves as a sort of forward anti-guidance: it signals, whether the Fed intends this or not, a general shift toward hawkishness.
