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Thread #132499   Message #4132091
Posted By: Steve Shaw
12-Jan-22 - 10:06 AM
Thread Name: BS: Language Pet Peeves
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves
Definitely that one too. Many another: keep 'em coming!

I never did get "existential" and I don't know how to use it.

And don't get me started on "begs the question." Almost everyone who uses this means "raises the question," which is elegant and normal English. If I hear someone saying "it begs the question..." who ISN'T referring to a circular argument, I consider them to be a pompous arse. Unfortunately, they've won - it's now standard English even in its corrupted sense, irregardless of what I may think (see what I did there?)