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Personally, I've given up on begging the question. It just means "raises" now. The descriptivists always win in the end.

• JdeBP 7y ago
  Look at it another way: a centuries-old mistranslation is finally being fixed. (-:
  • nitrogen 7y ago
    Do we have a replacement phrase?
    • cygx 7y ago
      Some possibilities: Circular reasoning, assuming the conclusion, petitio principii.
• chungus_khan 7y ago
  The descriptivists don't even win, they just accept reality. Language is not constructed by individual humans or small groups, but socially over entire societies. Fighting this makes prescriptivists look like grumpy armchair academics and still doesn't stop me from saying "le weekend".