The phrase "put forward an argument" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to talk about someone making an argument or presenting a case in an organized way to support an opinion or idea. For example: "The lawyer put forward an argument for his client's innocence in court."
Salmond says he has put forward arguments that are "strong and reasonable".
In the 1975 referendum Benn put forward arguments similar to those being advanced by Michael Gove in the current campaign.
On the premise that an injunction is necessary (and we do not know the evidence put forward), arguments are put before the judge.
In numerous adversarial advocacy exercises, my opponents had no grasp of the relevant law, and thus couldn't put forward arguments to counter mine.
The majority of studies put forward arguments for a positive impact of (local) unemployment on further general education, empirical evidence is less clear.
During the Weimar era, numerous physicians put forward arguments designed to demonstrate that a mandatory health insurance system, which necessarily involves economic and social policy, imperceptibly becomes a factor of socially standardized health care, which could compromise the Hippocratic ideal of care, and force physicians to make paradoxical choices in their daily practice.
FitzRalph begins by putting forward arguments against the beginning of the world in time.
This paper analyses the concept of national innovation policy (NIP) and puts forward arguments supporting the need for a NIP for small developing economies like Cyprus.
But aren't we gatekeepers when we put up barriers for people by discussing things and putting forward arguments, even when the conclusion is that the person gets what he wants?
The participants considered that putting forward arguments in support of a viewpoint was fundamental because: "It is the starting point for engaging in discussion with patients about their expectations for positive outcomes and their views on treatment options" (D1).
Dismissing any argument as "politicising a tragedy" is to shut down the fundamental right to put forward an argument.
