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Originally Posted by sureLoss
well except for actually asking a question  |
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Originally Posted by terminator
well except for actually asking a question The phrase should be followed by a question. |
Not to derail, and at the risk of sounding nerdy, the phrase "begs the question" doesn't need to be followed by a question. It simply means "the statement is built on a faulty or assumed premise".
Saying that the title "begs the question" just means that it assumed that the KHL was a threat, which is not an established fact.
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Many English speakers use "begs the question" to mean "raises the question", "evades the question", or even "ignores the question", and follow that phrase with the question, for example: "I am 120kg and have severely clogged arteries, which begs the question: why have I not started exercising?"
In philosophical, logical, grammatical, and legal contexts, some commenters deem such usage to be mistaken or at best unclear.
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