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[–] yeti 0 points (+0|-0)

Yes I am, you're just not thinking hard enough. It's humor. "Beg the question" is a very commonly misused phrase in modern American English vernacular. People use it to mean "raise the question." It actually is a technical term from semantic logic which means to fallaciously try to prove a thing by indirectly assuming it's true. "God exists and is the omnipotent Supreme Being." "How do you know?" "Because it says so right there in the Bible." "How do you know that the Bible is factual?" "Because it's the Word of God, who is the omnipotent Supreme Being, so it can't be false!" Circular reasoning.

[–] [Deleted] 0 points (+0|-0)

I understand, why did you apply that to OP's post?

[–] yeti 0 points (+0|-0)

Okay, this is getting more than tiresome:

The title of the post was, "The most common words people misuse."

My statement above was, "'Beg the question' is a very commonly misused phrase in modern American English vernacular."

After several comment exchanges and the kind of explanation most appropriate to a pre-adolescent child who's curious about things people say in books and stuff, do you still not understand?

"Begs the question" is commonly misused. The post is about commonly misused words. Commonly misused. Like, dumb guys don't understand, then act smart by misusing them. Get it? Misused. Wielded wrongly in common speech. You don't know what you're talking about, but you're saying stuff anyway. Misused. Misunderstood. Dumb guy reads shit and says shit and does not realize that he's babbling stupidity. He says something "begs the question" when he actually means it makes him wonder about something.

[–] [Deleted] 0 points (+0|-0)

Well that really begs the question.

Is a non sequitur that you shoe-horned in to a post about misused words.

When asked what you were talking about you appear to have Googled the phrase to see what it actualy meant.

You don't know what you're talking about, but you're saying stuff anyway. Misused. Misunderstood. Dumb guy reads shit and says shit and does not realize that he's babbling stupidity