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isn't Argue Over the right idiom...like Debate over??? ;)...
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I didnt like C because I didnt feel advocates for is a good idiom. Didnt sound good to my ears


I agree.. the first answer that came to mind is E what is the OA?
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I didnt like C because I didnt feel advocates for is a good idiom. Didnt sound good to my ears


quite relevant


When they are acting as advocates for a cause, people often say they are “advocating for”—say, traffic safety. This is not as widely accepted as “campaigning for” or “working toward.” Saying you are “advocating for the blind” leaves a lot of listeners wondering what it is you advocate for them. If you can substitute “advocate” for “advocate for,” you should do so: “I advocate for higher pay for teachers” becomes “I advocate higher pay for teachers.”
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OA is E.

'argue for' is the correct idiom. C is a close one.
But, "advocate for" is not idiomatic.

We should use "advocate" alone.

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E,

Question of Parallelism
a treatise arguing for ... and for...

Also,E is better than D as D changes the meaning from arguing to advocating..



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