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

[John Delacour]

At 18:20 +0000 4/1/10, David Boyce wrote:

>>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.

That is also quite wrong, David. The proper meaning of the expression 
"to beg the question" is explained at

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question>

from which it will be seen that it is an expression most of us will 
never have any need for.  As you say, it is all too often used by 
people who mean "to raise the question...", perhaps because it sounds 
clever.

JD



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