The phrase 'the discussion proceeds' is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that a discussion is continuing or that a group of people is continuing to discuss something. For example, "The debate about the new laws was becoming heated, but the discussion proceeded calmly."
As the discussion proceeds, the Tarnhelm and even the Ring become part of the price.
I think this is a situation that happens frequently in blogging: the discussion proceeds until one side's capacity or determination to marshall evidence is exhausted.
Early on, he turns a question back on Letterman, asking how the former late-night host had spent the early days of his retirement—"Did you just brood in the dark somewhere?" Yet after that first back-and-forth, Letterman makes it clear that he'll be the one asking questions, and the discussion proceeds from there.
The discussion proceeds by way of examples, rather than general definitions, but it can be summarized as follows: The basic properties of ideas are clarity and confusion.
The discussion proceeds, in turn, to the higher-brain approach, to an updated cardiopulmonary approach, and to several more radical approaches.
As the discussion proceeds, the Stranger argues that we are missing the feature of sophists that explains how they can successfully appear wise to their students, when they are not in fact wise (Sophist 233b c).
The discussion proceeded to a man's experience in life.
As the discussion proceeded and Bob expressed the view that he very much wanted to change his behavior, then we began to talk about sanctions".
As the discussion proceeded, it became clear that the Gore team would have to fight its post-election battle on several fronts -- legal, political and public relations -- and that its various strategies would sometimes conflict.
As the discussion proceeded, it was proposed that Soros provide enough funds to these groups to pay for field operations in six or seven of the seventeen states that were expected to be the most contested.
Was that a coincidence?" The discussion proceeded in this freewheeling manner for more than an hour, with Ramachandran seizing on notions that seemed to offer fruitful possibilities for further investigation and tactfully deflecting those which he thought were dead ends.
