[WAYYY OT] Begs the question

[Tim]

On Tue, 2011-03-22 at 10:34 +0000, Marko Vojinovic wrote:
>    "That begs the question, why do they think it has a basis?"


Or, if you want a less wordy answer:

The words "That begs the question" are not part of the question that's
being asked (why do they think it has a basis?).  The question has to be
written all by its lonesome.

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