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Given the section on colloquial usage, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question#Contemporary_usage_and_variations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging

by sayrer 18y ago

Given the section on colloquial usage, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question#Contemporary_usage_and_variations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question#Contempora... I'd say that's rather prescriptive, maybe even SNOOTy. http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/DFW_present_tense.html http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/DFW_present_tense.html

Eliezer 18y ago
That's what I said the first time I got zapped for that, but the one said, "'Begs the question' is a technical term with a precise meaning and we need to preserve that precise meaning," and at that point I gave in.
- sayrer 18y ago
  Yeah, I agree that it's still at the point where people will look down on you for using it in the colloquial manner.