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Silak12 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Beg the question?
Hi! everyone.Could you tell me the meaning of this idiom?
Does it always mean and used as "to evade the issue in hand" or beat around the bush?
Please tell me its other possible meanings.
Thanks!
Does it always mean and used as "to evade the issue in hand" or beat around the bush?
Please tell me its other possible meanings.
Thanks!
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No it means to ask the question, but not as in a person asking the question. It is really a thought process, thing happen that makes you wonder about something else. "
- No it means to ask the question, but not as in a person asking the question.
- It is really a thought process, thing happen that makes you wonder about something else.
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No it means to ask the question, but not as in a person asking the question.
It is really a thought process, thing happen that makes you wonder about something else. When talking to somebody else about this you could say "it does beg the question why..............."
It is really a thought process, thing happen that makes you wonder about something else. When talking to somebody else about this you could say "it does beg the question why..............."
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I am sorry,I could not understand what you wrote.Could you please give me some example.
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Hi,
Beg the question
1. To cause someone to pose a question that has not yet been answered:
And that begs the question as to why you approve of the way he treats his son. He is such a cruel person.
2. To talk about something while accepting it as true, even though it might not be:
Andrew's opinion begs the question of whether that issue is of great impo
Beg the question
1. To cause someone to pose a question that has not yet been answered:
And that begs the question as to why you approve of the way he treats his son. He is such a cruel person.
2. To talk about something while accepting it as true, even though it might not be:
Andrew's opinion begs the question of whether that issue is of great impo
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Historically, it referred to a situation in which someone is assuming what he is trying to demonstrate. An example from Fallacy:The counterfeit of Argument (Fearnside and Holther): Sextus Empiricus says that you do not serve the centaurs, because the centaurs are non-existent. But you do serve the gods. So the gods certainly exist, or else you could not serve them. Circular definitions are a
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Hi all,
If anyone has a more simple explanation or link for me on this topic, I would really appreciate it. I had a (Rhetoric) teacher mark this on a paper once. Only one time in my whole life. Then she got sick and I graduated and moved.
I know I should know it, but every time I go back to read, I get confused.
A good link would be best actually.
Thank you
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