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In reply to the discussion: I Beg You: Never, ever use "Begs the Question" [View all]FreepFryer
(7,079 posts)87. "Where there is light, there must be shadow - where there is shadow there must be light."
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I am but a vessel, a mere implement of greater forces than ourselves... I wield a red grading pencil
FreepFryer
Sep 2018
#16
It's an elitist dog whistle so I can get support from other bad humanists (n/t)
FreepFryer
Sep 2018
#10
Thanks for pointing out your website. I enjoyed the 'listening as hard as I can' item...
SWBTATTReg
Sep 2018
#48
The article about begging the question is on my grammar and usage site, where I have
tblue37
Sep 2018
#149
The worst, imho, is the abuse of "comprises" with a misapplication, or the horrors of "comprised of"
FreepFryer
Sep 2018
#25
Agreed. 'Comprises' is, at worst, penultimate on the countdown (see what i did there?) :) (n/t)
FreepFryer
Sep 2018
#42
This certainly does beg a question: what is really going on with your out of ...
marble falls
Sep 2018
#20
I'm just really flustrated by the way some people think it is funner to be mischievious
ProfessorPlum
Sep 2018
#28
I think its just one of the quirks that make you the fun and good DUer you are.
marble falls
Sep 2018
#175
Thanks! But I do agree with reply #3 that one of your sentences is impossible. nt
LAS14
Sep 2018
#31
Seems fair, as we demonstrably lack any benefit of yours in this whopper of an OP :)
FreepFryer
Sep 2018
#39
"Where there is light, there must be shadow - where there is shadow there must be light."
FreepFryer
Sep 2018
#87
Being spineless doesn't necessitate a wheelchair. As you know, one can just truck in empty insults.
FreepFryer
Sep 2018
#168
U too - I'm not 'from the dark side,' bc another user blocked me. That's what I took as an insult.
FreepFryer
Sep 2018
#172
While we're at it, I also grind my teeth when I see "from whence," which I just ran into on
tblue37
Sep 2018
#40
"begging the question" is derived from an antiquated usage of "beg" meaning "to take for granted."
Donkees
Sep 2018
#44
sorry, but your example uses a popular, but incorrect, use of "begs the question"
ProfessorPlum
Sep 2018
#90
Also, I'm not trying to be a butthole, but the grammar in your lead post is rather spotty
Goodheart
Sep 2018
#83
For reasons I don't understand... journalists seem to have started and perpetuated this misuse.
kennetha
Sep 2018
#82
Eeeeew. Unctuous is Ted Cruz. I could never eat any food that came near "unctuous"
MaryMagdaline
Sep 2018
#154
Professor Plum errs in his insistence that there is only one meaning to the phrase.
Goodheart
Sep 2018
#104
Oh, now there's a blown up phrase. I think that some people must think that it adds a certain
japple
Sep 2018
#146
Pretty pedantic? But what about really evil stuff like turning verbs into nouns?
icaria
Sep 2018
#164