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Not to take the focus off of your point, but the phrase "beg the question" caught my eye due to reading about it recently. I recommend the section below. Cheers
by personlurking 14y ago
Not to take the focus off of your point, but the phrase "beg the question" caught my eye due to reading about it recently. I recommend the section below. Cheers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question#Modern_usage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question#Modern_usa...
- joe_the_user 14y agoThe thing is that "begs the question" has such nice ring to it even when used incorrectly. I'd say most people mean "the question remains..", "...fails to answer the initial question" or "...leaves the question X unanswered" when they say "...begs the question". Unfortunately, none of these more correct phrase have the same flourish. What to do...
- austenallred 14y agoAw, man. I wonder how often I've said that incorrectly. Thank you!