The phrase "argument about something" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a disagreement or debate regarding a specific topic or issue.
Example: "The argument about climate change has sparked intense discussions among scientists and policymakers."
Alternatives: "debate over something" or "dispute regarding something".
You're having a dilettante's argument about something that will never be considered by the political infrastructure.
Like many of our big policy debates, immigration reform has dwindled away to an argument about something less than sweeping.
When we had an argument about something or other I thought: "Fantastic, we've had a row in Greenland".
And that meant that D.O.J. doesn't go into court on something as fundamental as religious freedom, making an argument about something that I was not convinced was grounded in truth".
He came here many times, but then one night we got into a philosophical argument about something, and Mies became so angry that he insisted on spending the night under another roof.
I imagined my wife telling the same thing to my family when we got home, and all of them having a big laugh at my expense, and me having a good sense of humor about it and then not and getting ticked off and eventually getting into an argument about something else, anything else.
Yet these seemingly distinct, domestic disputes about income inequality, executive pay, welfare, the squeezed middle, even immigration are all also arguments about something bigger.
"We were always getting into arguments about something, although it was mainly about music and girls and getting caught with cooking herbs," he grins.
They said, 'The food is the same, the difference is in the word for it.' " Nigella Lawson, who is an ardent fan, put it this way: "Things change, products change, and you can have a huge argument about how something should be cooked.
If this whole argument were really about something "essential", Heathrow would cancel its 20% of domestic flights and discontinue all tourist destinations.
If your child gets in an argument, gets upset about something, or feels tired and cranky, it's fine to call it quits and go home.
