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That begs the question, at which point does autofill happen in an iframe? So I pay for an ad, and have a password, creditcard number, address etc. form in the b
by yk 7y ago
That begs the question, at which point does autofill happen in an iframe? So I pay for an ad, and have a password, creditcard number, address etc. form in the background. Does the browser autofil, or does it autofill when the user starts to fill in a form in the foreground?
Asking for a friend.
- calcifer 7y ago> That begs the question Offtopic, but no it doesn't [1]. [1] https://grammarist.com/rhetoric/begging-the-question-fallacy/ https://grammarist.com/rhetoric/begging-the-question-fallacy...
- eli 7y agoWhen a phrase is used the “wrong” way more often than the right way, it ceases to be wrong.
- jvolkman 7y agoWhat about "I could care less"? Seems like that one is just always wrong.
- atroche 7y agoThinking about language usage as "wrong" or "right" might not be the most helpful way to think about it: https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2010/02/16/descriptivism-vs-prescriptivism-war-is-over-if-you-want-it/ https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2010/02/16/descriptivism-vs-... (p.s. not saying there's no wrong or right when it comes to ideas themselves)
- redshirtrob 7y agoYeah. But people say it enough I've started mentally converting it to: "I _could_ care less (but I can't be bothered)."
- briandear 7y agoThrough the sheer force of repeated ignorance we change the language?
- DFHippie 7y agoWell, that's one way it happens. The language is just the set of conventions the speakers understand. When those conventions change, through ignorance or any other reason, then the language changes. That doesn't mean you can't grumble about it as it happens, though.
- axaxs 7y agoI used to really, really agree with your line of thinking, and get an almost depressing feeling that this happens. But if you sit back and think about it, a lot of our 'correct' language started off as mistakes. Mayday, Ammunition, Culprit, to name 3 of a list of likely thousands...
- mokus 7y agoGiven that ignorance merely means not knowing, yes. Yes, that’s exactly how it works.
- HeavyStorm 7y agoUnfortunately, yes. I still have to come to terms with it.
- rdiddly 7y agoIdiocracy, defined.
- Dylan16807 7y agoBefore you say that, ask yourself which use is actually using the word "beg" correctly.
- eli 7y ago“Idiocracy” doesn’t appear in my dictionary, how did you come to know what it means?
- rdiddly 7y agoSomeone made a movie and called it that. It's not really a word. So yes, you proved words can be created. That however is an opposite process to the one that destroys the meaning of an existing word or expression through repetition by people who don't know how to use it. I'm against that kind of half-assery. Creation, art, those take work and discipline. And as much as creativity demands going against convention, you always first have to learn & be aware of what the conventions are. Not even doing that work, and then just claiming your way is just as legitimate as the accepted way for your own mere convenience, well it's a shortcut, and I mean in the best case you have a very slim chance of "just happening" to be a great artist, and in the worst case it's the height of ignorance and narcissism. So yeah I'm unimpressed. I would accept & respect even a deliberate act of transgression -- knowing the right way and doing it wrong on purpose -- before that kind of shoddy relativism.
- libria 7y agoTechnically correct, but look deeper: Why is this mistake prevalent? What are people trying to say that causes them to borrow (misuse) another phrase to express it? This indicates a "hole" in the language that is filled with the wrong item. Like a code review, do better than just saying "This line is wrong". Suggest an alternative. Especially one that flows naturally into the prose.
- SquareWheel 7y agoI don't see a hole. The correct phrase is "raises the question". People just confuse them because they're similar.
- Dylan16807 7y agoYes it does. It's okay to say something with the same words as an idiom, without using the idiom. The idiom was a mistake/mistranslation in the first place. You're trying to push people away from the correct use of the word 'begs' into an incorrect use just because it's tradition.