Why actionresult method parameter is null in ASP.NET MVC?

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I'm trying to send a form to ActionResult method but it is null always.
In fact, I got the error Value cannot be null. but I don't know why I got it the error.

Here are ActionResult code, my view, and model.

C#

public class VocabularyController : Controller
{
    private VocabContext _context;

    public VocabularyController()
    {
        _context = new VocabContext();
    }
    // GET: Vocabulary
    [Route("New")]
    public ActionResult New()
    {
        return View();
    }

    [HttpPost]
    public ActionResult Save(Vocabulary word)
    {

        if (ModelState.IsValid)
        {
            _context.Vocabularies.Add(word);
            _context.SaveChanges();
        }

        return RedirectToAction("dashboard", "Home");
    }



}
==============================

@model EnglishTest.Models.Vocabulary

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "New";
}

<div class="row">
    <div class="col-lg-12">
        <div class="element-wrapper">
            <h6 class="element-header">New Word Form</h6>
            <div class="element-box">
                @using (Html.BeginForm("Save", "Vocabulary", FormMethod.Post))
                {
                <div class="form-group">
                    @Html.LabelFor(m => m.Word)
                    @Html.TextAreaFor(m => m.Word, new { @class = "form-control", @placeholder = "Word" })
                    @Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => m.Word)
                </div>
                <div class="row">
                    <div class="col-sm-12">
                        <div class="form-group">
                            @Html.LabelFor(m => m.Defination)
                            @Html.TextAreaFor(m => m.Defination, new { @class = "form-control", @placeholder = "Definition" })
                            @Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => m.Defination)
                        </div>

                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="row">
                    <div class="col-sm-12">
                        <div class="form-group">
                            @Html.LabelFor(m => m.Synonym)
                            @Html.TextAreaFor(m => m.Synonym, new { @class = "form-control", @placeholder = "Synonym" })
                            @Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => m.Synonym)
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>

                <div class="row">
                    <div class="col-sm-12">
                        <div class="form-group">
                            @Html.LabelFor(m => m.PersianTranslate)
                            @Html.TextAreaFor(m => m.PersianTranslate, new { @class = "form-control", @placeholder = "Persian Translation" })
                            @Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => m.PersianTranslate)
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>

                <div class="row">
                    <div class="col-sm-12">
                        <div class="form-group">
                            @Html.LabelFor(m => m.Examples)
                            @Html.TextAreaFor(m => m.Examples, new { @class = "form-control", @placeholder = "Examples" })
                            @Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => m.Examples)
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
                @Html.HiddenFor(m => m.Id)
                <div class="form-buttons-w"><button class="btn btn-primary" type="submit"> Save</button></div>
            }
        </div>
    </div>
    </div>
</div></div>
==============================

   public class Vocabulary
    {

        public int Id { get; set; }
        [Required]
        public string Word { get; set; }
        [Required]
        public string Defination { get; set; }
        [Required]
        public string Synonym { get; set; }
        [Required]
        public string PersianTranslate { get; set; }
        [Required]
        public string Examples { get; set; }
    }

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I wanna send a form to an actionResutl method in asp.net MVC.

Posted 20-May-17 3:55am

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Updated 20-May-17 6:48am

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P_Z · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-20T06:48:00

Hi,

I would try changing m => m. to model => model.

C#

@Html.TextAreaFor(m => m.Word, new { @class = "form-control", @placeholder = "Word" })
@Html.ValidationMessageFor(m => m.Word

Such as:

C#

@Html.TextAreaFor(model => model.Word, new { @class = "form-control", @placeholder = "Word" })
@Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Word

And

C#

public ActionResult Save(Vocabulary word)

to

C#

public ActionResult Save(Vocabulary model

Also as you can see from this article
Getting Data From View to Controller in MVC[^]

Note that most likely the model => is the name expected in the controller action...but I'm not sure if this is actually how mvc works although it should post values this way.