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AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

'That begs the question'

What does 'beg' mean in 'that begs the question'?
  

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I would take that to mean "that raises the question", although many people still consider the whole expression incorrect in this sense.

  • I would take that to mean "that raises the question", although many people still consider the whole expression incorrect in this sense.
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I would take that to mean "that raises the question", although many people still consider the whole expression incorrect in this sense.

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