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It really begs the question of whether linguistic prescriptivism has value when applied to the vernacular.


Nice. I think I’m going to add this kind of “using begs-the-question correctly but in a way that looks incorrect” to my other annoying linguistic hobbies, like “using apposite where people might confuse it with opposite” and “using vicarious in a sentence without “through <entity>”. ;)


"Time to paint another grammarian silhouette on the side of the desktop." - https://xkcd.com/326/


By assuming not you're begging the question.


Pray tell! Assumest not thou?




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