The phrase "argument was settled" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when indicating that a disagreement or dispute has been resolved or concluded.
Example: "After hours of discussion, the argument was settled, and both parties agreed on a compromise."
Alternatives: "dispute was resolved" or "debate was concluded."
If the debate in thinktank seminar rooms is anything to go by, this argument was settled a decade ago.
"At that moment, two water voles appeared on the river bank, almost in conversation, and in my mind, at that moment, the argument was settled," he said.
He has a way of biting off the ends of his sentences that makes them sound definitive as if the argument was settled, the point self-evident.
During the trip, they recall, an argument ensued between two smugglers on the convoy about money and shots were exchanged before the argument was settled.
To a degree that has startled immigrant-rights groups and the many industries that depend on immigrant labor, and with surprisingly little serious debate on Capitol Hill or anywhere else, that argument was settled for the time being with Congress's approval last month of the landmark bill creating the Department of Homeland Security.
The argument was settled by the end of the year, but Garnet was concerned that reports of discontent at the Jesuit-administered English College in Rome and tension between some Catholic English exiles in Brussels might undermine his efforts to stabilise the situation.
The argument is settled by a policeman who takes them to the station house.
A government green paper is to be produced later this year, listing three routes to the "ultimate aim" promised in the Basic Law the mini-constitution for Hong Kong promulgated in 1990 of "universal suffrage" for both Legislative Council (LegCo) and chief-executive elections.The sooner the argument is settled in favour of representative democracy the better.
Arguments were settled by violence.
On the other side of the coin, a community in which arguments are settled by gunshots is unlikely to experience economic growth and opportunity.
Certainly people have been killing each other since amoebas slimed out of the sea, and if one looks at history and the wanton cruelty of various eras of civilization, it's clear that, despite appearances to the contrary, we're actually less violent than the days when arguments were settled with cat o' nine tails, stake-burnings in the town square, and dusty six-shooter ambushes in Old West bars.
