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Nidea Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
And you have a way of asking questions that beg more questions
Hi!
Could you have a look for me at this sentence in the red color below? I am not sure that I get the meaning of "beg more questions" in this sentence.
Does this sentence just mean "And you have a way of asking questions that make me want to ask you more questions." ? Am I interpreting this one correctly?
Thanks for your help.
(Prison Break)
Bishop McMorrow: Gentlemen... What is it about the Burrows situation that I can help you with?
... ...
Paul: It's also our understanding that you oppose the death penalty.
Bishop McMorrow: I'm a man of God. How could I not?
Paul: In this case, we're hoping you'll suspend that position. At least temporarily.
Bishop McMorrow: If the inmate appeals to me for intervention, how can I turn my back on him?
Paul: You have a habit of answering a question with a question.
Bishop McMorrow: And you have a way of asking questions that beg more questions.
Paul: Are you saying you won't do it?
Bishop McMorrow: I'm not a man to equivocate.
Could you have a look for me at this sentence in the red color below? I am not sure that I get the meaning of "beg more questions" in this sentence.
Does this sentence just mean "And you have a way of asking questions that make me want to ask you more questions." ? Am I interpreting this one correctly?
Thanks for your help.
(Prison Break)
Bishop McMorrow: Gentlemen... What is it about the Burrows situation that I can help you with?
... ...
Paul: It's also our understanding that you oppose the death penalty.
Bishop McMorrow: I'm a man of God. How could I not?
Paul: In this case, we're hoping you'll suspend that position. At least temporarily.
Bishop McMorrow: If the inmate appeals to me for intervention, how can I turn my back on him?
Paul: You have a habit of answering a question with a question.
Bishop McMorrow: And you have a way of asking questions that beg more questions.
Paul: Are you saying you won't do it?
Bishop McMorrow: I'm not a man to equivocate.
Top answer
In this text, yes - to elicit more questions. (circular reasoning). Here is a good example I found of "begging the question:" If such actions were not illegal, then they would not be prohibited by the law .
- In this text, yes - to elicit more questions.
- (circular reasoning).
- Here is a good example I found of "begging the question:" If such actions were not illegal, then they would not be prohibited by the law .
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In this text, yes - to elicit more questions. But you have to be careful of confusion with a similar phrase "to beg the question." That is an idiom that means a logical fallacy - an attempt to prove something to be true by either just saying that is is true, or basing the argument on assumptions that it is true.(circular reasoning).
Here is a good example I found of "begging the question:"
Here is a good example I found of "begging the question:"
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nidea And you have a way of asking questions that beg more questions.
make me want to ask you more questions I think "beg" here partakes somewhat of the logical construction. I don't think it means "make me want to etc."
I think it means, "Your questions, by their nature, require questions in return in order that your original
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AlpheccaStarsIn this text, yes - to elicit more questions. But you have to be careful of confusion with a similar phrase "to beg the question." That is an idiom that means a logical fallacy - an attempt to prove something to be true by either just saying that is is true, or basing the argument on assumptions that it is true.(circular reasoning).
Here is a good ex
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