more begging of the question.

[Michael H Covarrubias]

That would make sense and we could read it that way if Nelson had said "the
question is begging" or "the question begs."

But he uses the passive: "the question is begged."

mhc

Quoting "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at ATT.NET>:

> Isn't it here "the question begs (pleads) to be answered" (which
> makes some sense to me), rather than "a person begs the question"?
>
>
> At 4/12/2007 02:06 AM, Michael wrote:
> >Wednesday: Senator Bill Nelson D-Florida, heard on C-SPAN.
> >
> >"...the question is begged to be answered."
> >
> >I'm not sure I even understand how he thinks this sentence makes sense. But
> >perhaps now when someone 'begs the question' it's because the answer is in
> >control of whether or not it can be answered.
> >
> >"Please be answered!" we might plead of especially difficult questions.
> >
> >Michael Covarrubias
> >
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> >   English Language & Linguistics
> >   Purdue University
> >   mcovarru at purdue.edu

> >   web.ics.purdue.edu/~mcovarru
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