'put forth an argument' is a grammatically correct phrase that can be used in written English.
It means to present an argument or theory, usually in the form of a statement, to be discussed or considered. For example, "The professor put forth an argument that the cost of education should be lowered to make it more accessible to everyone."
I also put forth an argument to adopt Cohen's measure as an expression of effect size based on its apropos to neuropsychological research.
The notion that integrating formerly segregated people of different economic classes can have positive social benefits has been growing since the publication of former University of Chicago sociologist William Julius Wilson's 1987 book, The Truly Disadvantaged, which put forth an argument about the particularly pernicious effects of concentrated poverty on those who live in it.
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Like the feminist writer Katha Pollitt, in her 2014 book, "Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights," Parker puts forth an argument for abortion as a social and moral good.
Mr. Prochnik's "In Pursuit of Silence" puts forth an argument: that instead of trying to silence the din around us (a losing proposition, historically) we seek out more daily silence.
Aside from putting forth an argument for environmental friendliness, car salesmen and corporate executives in the business of selling HEVs have claimed that after taking into account all costs throughout the life of the vehicle, it is more economical to own hybrid cars than gasoline cars.
In this way, Jefferson isn't making an argument against regulation but rather putting forth an argument for the most effective source of regulation: self-regulation.
"They rewrote them until they were correct and they put forth a good argument," she said.
Its failure to win the bidding war is awkward for Dell as it put forth a strong argument for why it wanted the company in the first place.
In a perfect world, scholarship would be judged only on things like originality of thought, depth of research and the ability to put forth a cogent argument.
Godwin's essay wasn't published until the twentieth century, which makes it all the more remarkable that the Philadelphian Charles Brockden Brown put forth a look-alike argument in "The Difference Between History and Romance," an essay published in The Monthly Magazine and American Review in April ,1800.
