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Indulging this fantasy, it begs the question of whether those (enencrypted) communications would have been targeted and flagged for analysis
by rbcgerard 11y ago
Indulging this fantasy, it begs the question of whether those (enencrypted) communications would have been targeted and flagged for analysis
- tertius 11y agoHow does it beg the question? There is no truth being asserted in the premise causing the conclusion to be true. It's fairly clear that it was a statement from an original source, that source being trustworthy is where we would find (or not find) the information which would show the conclusion to be true, not the premise of the 'fantasy.'
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- vidarh 11y agoGive it up. In 30+ years of learning English, the only times I've ever seen it used in that sense has been when someone is being a pedant on forums and illustrating the now rapidly outmoded meaning of the phrase.
- dsfyu404ed 11y agoIn 20+ years of learning English I've heard it used several times to refer to an obvious question or lack of information "$noun did $verb which resulted in $result and $result is $something interest which begs the question $question."
- conceit 11y agowell, your confusion of tenses kinda colors your knowledge about grammar rather questionable and i say that as a foreign speaker
- tertius 11y agoUntil it changes meaning, I cannot give it up. A curse I tell you!