The phrase "the overall argument" is correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to the main point or thesis of a piece of writing or speech. Example: In her essay, the author presents several examples and evidence to support her overall argument that social media has a negative impact on mental health.
"The overall argument doesn't change," however, she said.
The catalogue is here to explain the importance of these objects to the overall argument the museum has been assembled to pose.
On the plus side, she explains difficult ideas concisely and clearly, and she maintains a firm grip on the steering wheel, moving the overall argument along in a straight line.
The overall argument in Gatherings was that concentrated graveyard gases caused instant death in man and beast; foul-smelling grounds, constantly releasing more diffused miasma, did not produce sudden death – but they debilitated those living nearby, according to their level of exposure and individual resistance.
First, we totally undermine the overall argument that money invested space has no return.
The second prong of the overall argument for menralism, however, may well make up the difference.
This defense is designed to give students advice on the overall arguments and the final shape of the dissertation or book, and to leave time for adjustments coming out of the discussion.
The overall arguments of the chapter on persons and the chapter on bodies were closely analysed.
But, even if there is such a distinction, this will make little difference to the overall line of argument here, for the matter under consideration is not the state's merely allowing 'selecting out' disability.
Rather, he takes it to be universally applicable, even to bodily causes, which has raised questions about the plausibility of this overall argument.
Not all of the monologues have the same potency, and the cogency of the work's overall argument would be enhanced by including a few more voices from the conservative end of the spectrum.
