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Subject:Re: What "beg the question" means From:"Matthew B. Hicks" <matt -at- UNIDATA -dot- UCAR -dot- EDU> Date:Thu, 9 Feb 1995 15:49:23 -0700
On Thu, 9 Feb 1995, Arthur Comings wrote:
> I'd like to clear up a common misconception. If this subject is old
> news to you, please delete now, and accept my apologies.
> "Beg the question" means "evade the question" or "sidestep the
> question" -- not "ask for the question to be answered."
> According to my Webster's Ninth New Collegiat, you can also beg a
> _problem_.
Similarly:
"They asked me to speak at the meeting, but I begged off."
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