Years ago I wrote in this space that I don’t recall ever hearing someone use “beg the question” to mean “raise the question.” A blogger stumbled across the column and deemed my assertion highly ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Reading a magazine in a doctor’s waiting room recently, I spotted this headline: “3-D ...

I took a Logic class my freshman year in college and could not then — or now — tell you the difference between a syllogism and a window sill. That confession of logical incompetence begs the question ...

Q. Are you as maddened by the ever increasing misuse of the phrase “begs the question”? My understanding has always been that “begging the question” means to avoid the real issue, not that something ...

I was helping a friend with a writing chore she had, and I noticed that she had used the phrase "beg the question." I knew it was wrong because I hang around with word people a lot, and they are ...

So last week we had what qualifies as a disaster here at the Book Bench. A post used the phrase "beg the question" to mean "raise the question." Our readers informed us of the mistake, and we ...

All right, now it's time for a new segment I'm doing in the twilight hours of my BPP time called Ways Trisha McKinney screwed up. McKINNEY: Mm-hmm. BURBANK: …there's always a special music. Okay, ...