Actually, I rather dislike that this phrase doesn't have the obvious meaning (i.e that for which I am abusing it here). The fact does indeed suggest, lead to, bring up, or otherwise demand that such a question be asked. It's only because "begs the question" is an overloaded phrase using an otherwise little-used meaning of the word "beg" that pedants people feel I should be embarrassed by my misuse (Boy would I ever be embarrassed if I wrote a page that suggested people were misusing the phrase on account of formal logic, rather than obscure verb meanings).
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Actually, I rather dislike that this phrase doesn't have the obvious meaning (i.e that for which I am abusing it here). The fact does indeed suggest, lead to, bring up, or otherwise demand that such a question be asked. It's only because "begs the question" is an overloaded phrase using an otherwise little-used meaning of the word "beg" that
pedantspeople feel I should be embarrassed by my misuse (Boy would I ever be embarrassed if I wrote a page that suggested people were misusing the phrase on account of formal logic, rather than obscure verb meanings).