On 10-12-13 01:49 PM, Rolf Turner wrote: > > > The phrase ``to beg the question'' means to indulge in circular reasoning; > to assume what is to be proven. Unfortunately that meaning is becoming lost > in the wilderness of ignorance that surrounds us, and the phrase is almost > universally used to mean ``to raise the question'' or ``to evince the > necessity > of an answer to the question''. The language thus loses subtlety and nuance, > and Newspeak takes over and limits our ability to express our thoughts. And > that is doubleplus ungood! :-) >
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