Re: OT - Coulter

"trotsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Shitzwerg, the QUESTION "would Bush veto the bill?" begs the larger
> question of "What is Bush's position on the draft?" [ . . . ]

Is literacy off topic here?

The phrase "begs the question" does not have anything to do with any actual
question. I know, I know, you've seen it used that way on TV. We all have.
It's wrong. It's illiterate. It's yet another case of the language being
corrupted by dimwits mimicking imbeciles. The lesson here is that you don't
learn proper English by watching TV, or reading stuff written by other
illiterates.

It's like saying "prime lens" when you mean single-focal-length lens. It
advertises your ignorance. It makes you look stupid to anyone who writes and
speaks correctly.

"Begs the question" simply means to reason badly. That's all it means.
That's all it ever meant.

It does NOT mean to *raise* some actual question, even though that is its
current fashionable usage among illiterates.

Neil