So many people have used “beg(gar) the question” when they mean to say “raise the question” that it’s now an upstream battle; just like idiots pluralizing mass nouns (e.g email).
But, where French has a body guiding its evolution, English progresses merely by what’s popular. And if you think vapid influencers on insta-tube are steering English firmly into the idiocratic ditch, you’d be half right.
I was actually today years old when I found out that I’ve been using ‘beg the question’ incorrectly.
So many people have used “beg(gar) the question” when they mean to say “raise the question” that it’s now an upstream battle; just like idiots pluralizing mass nouns (e.g email).
But, where French has a body guiding its evolution, English progresses merely by what’s popular. And if you think vapid influencers on insta-tube are steering English firmly into the idiocratic ditch, you’d be half right.