From: Darrell
Date: Thu Apr 7, 2005  7:18:10 pm US/Eastern
Subject: Begging your consideration on "begging the question."

I beg your patience in this matter, as I expect you have heard similar
arguments.

On your BTQ page you beg the substitution of "This begs for the
question..." for what you call a common mistake.  However, when you do
that, you inadvertently imply that there is no error at all, if I may
beg acceptance of my following axiom.

I beg recognition that the direct object of the verb in question can be
either the requested item or the petitioned party, making "for" an
optional word in your alternative:
-He begs the man.
-He begs the man for a dime.
-He begs a dime.
-He begs a dime of the man.

Now if I don't get back to work, I'll have to beg my bread in the street
tomorrow.

Begging your pardon,

Darrell Johnson
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