[pianotech] Glues and clamping but going O-T!

[David Ilvedson]

Alright...I googled it and several sources, for instance Grammar Girl:

"Begs the question is actually a term that comes from logic, and it's used to indicate that someone has made a conclusion based on a premise that lacks support (1, 2).  It can be a premise that's independent from the conclusion (3) or in a simpler form, the premise can be just a restatement of the conclusion itself (4, 5)."

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "David Boyce" <David at piano.plus.com>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Received: 1/4/2010 10:20:41 AM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Glues and clamping but going O-T!


>>Which begs the question:  what will loosen the glue joint of PVC-E?  

>To "beg the question" does not mean "to raise the question".  It means  
>"to EVADE the question, to avoid answering it"

>It's from "to beg off from doing something" - to find an excuse for 
>avoiding doing it.

>Increasingly, usage of "to beg the question" seems to be changing.

>Maybe there's no right or wrong in it. Call me a semantical olde fule.....

>David Boyce