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tblue37

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8. My article on "begging the question" :

Reply to brush (Original post)

Fri Aug 18, 2017, 01:11 PM

Aug 2017

http://grammartips.homestead.com/begging.html

"What Does "Begging the Question" Really Mean? "

The problem comes from a misapprehension of the Latin term for the fallacy:

petitio principii, which means to assume the initial point.

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A question for DU grammarians. [View all] brush Aug 2017 OP

Natural languages are inherently irrational. Binkie The Clown Aug 2017 #1

Our British cousins generally say, "Have a look at this," instead of "Take a look at this" Glorfindel Aug 2017 #2

Tomatoes are "love apples" by way of "Apples of the moor", which was taken by some to be French. n/t Binkie The Clown Aug 2017 #6

Apples a la moor...a lamour. Yeah, I get that. trof Aug 2017 #11

The dark meaning of "awful" evolved from the meaning of "awe": holy dread/terror. nt tblue37 Aug 2017 #9

Like "godfearing". Gods and governemnts that you have to fear are lousy gods and governements. n/t Binkie The Clown Aug 2017 #10

And, at least in New England, 'wicked' is a superlative. trof Aug 2017 #12

It's usually used to mean that one question has been answered in a way that only raises another ... eppur_se_muova Aug 2017 #3

the wrong meaning seems more correct than the correct meaning SethH Aug 2017 #4

From the NYT frazzled Aug 2017 #5

In the final analysis there are only two constants in language: Binkie The Clown Aug 2017 #7

My article on "begging the question" : tblue37 Aug 2017 #8

"Begs the question" in its original meaning, *didn't* evolve. unblock Aug 2017 #13

More a question for logicians than grammarians. 6000eliot Aug 2017 #14

How did it evolve like that? Probably because the most common meaning of "beg" is "ask for" muriel_volestrangler Aug 2017 #15