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    Re: 12 volt track —Rick Clark
   Just FYI, "Begs the question" means "avoids the question," and not "asks for the question." This phrase is misused by almost everyone (Check your dictionary). It would, however, be correct to say "Begets the question." Rick C. (...) (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
   
        Re: 12 volt track —Adam Wood
   I would have thought that 'begs' is the same as 'to ask formally'. In fact Collins uses the example "beg the question - to put forward an arguement that assumes the very point it is supposed to establish, or (and in this case) that depends on some (...) (23 years ago, 24-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
   
        Re: 12 volt track —Rick Clark
   I would have thought so, too. In fact, I did. But I was wrong. "Beg" does mean "ask for." But "beg the question" does not. Webster's Collegiate, 3a: "evade, sidestep <begged the real problems>." And 3b: "to assume a established or proved <beg the (...) (23 years ago, 25-Sep-01, to lugnet.trains)
 

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