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Improve this answer. This is exactly what I had in mind. Thank you. It is a "can't quite put my finger on it" question, and you have explained the problem well. I wanted to add that a non-native speaker may not understand why I accepted this answer.
It comes down to vibe and tone, which might have regional and cultural influences. FWIW, my husband reading over my shoulder says insists that "of" is really the only valid choice. He particularly dislikes "on"; he says that goes with "lecture", not "discussion".
JPmiaou, tell your husband to get an account and answer the question himself. I suppose the answer depends on what your subject is, and what tone you're trying to set. I don't know if it's just your specific examples giving me that impression This is a very good answer. Subject and tone are important. Your examples were good.
A discussion of can refer to the people discussing or what they're discussing. A discussion about is less ambiguous. John John 3 3 gold badges 9 9 silver badges 18 18 bronze badges. This answer doesn't get to the heart of the problem.
I would probably lean toward about as in: We had a discussion about otters and other salt-water mammals. Using the preposition of there feels wrong to me. In a subheading on a paper A Discussion of Otters and Other Salt-Water Mammals it would feel as if it was the otters who were having the discussion. Robusto Robusto k 37 37 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. I partly agree, but the theory doesn't really continue to work if it's "A Discussion of the value of Otters in I'll have to think about this answer.
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