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by confuse mind » Wed Jun 01, 2011 10:51 am
This came to my mind while writing an essay. I am not clear which of the following is a correct usage?

debate on X // where X is a topic
debate over X
debate about X
debate for X

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by Frankenstein » Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:05 pm
Hi,
debate on X(Correct)
debate over X(Correct)
debate about X(Correct)
debate for X(Incorrect)

No logic. Just idiomatic usage
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by cans » Wed Jun 01, 2011 9:06 pm
Can you provide any example in which 'debate on' and 'debate about' are used.
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by aftableo2006 » Thu Jun 02, 2011 4:48 am
debate for X is a wrong construction
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