On 03/21/2011 05:49 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: > Apparently Nero Wolfe is willing to make contact with > the expression "begs the question" :-).
If you read it carefully, you'll see that he's not misusing it; he's pointing out that whoever Whipple is referring to as "they" are assuming that "it has a basis" without evidence. If he were misusing it, he'd have said, "That begs the question, why do they think it has a basis?" -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
