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I gave up this fight a long time ago. I thought it was frustrating because it was so blatantly wrong and unclear, but someone once said something that convinced
by whamlastxmas 10y ago
I gave up this fight a long time ago. I thought it was frustrating because it was so blatantly wrong and unclear, but someone once said something that convinced me to stop pointing it out. It's sort of two parts:
1. Language changes, which is fine
2. If someone says "It begs the question" and follows it up with the question it "begs" (which they almost always do) it becomes clear that they don't mean "begs the question" in the traditional sense.
Clearly they always mean to say "It raises the question", but "It begs the question" also makes sense if you think about it, though it's an awkward use of "begs"