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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 17 Sep 2014

    Hate it when folks use beg the question to mean raise the question? Me too but 1/2 the AHD Usage Panel is OK w ithttp://goo.gl/mpqzsC 

    1:17 PM - 17 Sep 2014
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      2. Mededitor, this won't hurt‏ @Mededitor 17 Sep 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker I wouldn't say they're "OK" with it, rather, they recognize a colloquial usage and are required to note it.

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      3. Jonathon Owen‏ @ArrantPedantry 17 Sep 2014
        Replying to @Mededitor

        @Mededitor @sapinker The AHD Usage Panel is more of an opinion survey. The panelists are asked whether they approve or disapprove.

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      4. Bill Walsh‏ @TheSlot 17 Sep 2014
        Replying to @ArrantPedantry

        @ArrantPedantry @Mededitor @sapinker I'm on the ADHD usage panel.

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      5. Mededitor, this won't hurt‏ @Mededitor 17 Sep 2014
        Replying to @TheSlot

        @TheSlot My take on the article was that the consensus was "Yeah, people do it," but not "we love it" @ArrantPedantry @sapinker

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      6. Jonathon Owen‏ @ArrantPedantry 17 Sep 2014
        Replying to @Mededitor

        @Mededitor I thought the point was that there isn't consensus. The panel is pretty split, with some approving and some disapproving.

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      7. Mededitor, this won't hurt‏ @Mededitor 17 Sep 2014
        Replying to @ArrantPedantry

        @ArrantPedantry Going by memory, the stir was that so many gave it a pass, where you'd expect far fewer to do that. Feels like 'hopefully."

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      8. (((Benjamin Lukoff)))  🗽‏ @lukobe 17 Sep 2014
        Replying to @Mededitor

        @Mededitor @ArrantPedantry except "'hopefully' is wrong" was "true" for a MUCH shorter period of time

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      9. Mededitor, this won't hurt‏ @Mededitor 17 Sep 2014
        Replying to @lukobe

        @lukobe @ArrantPedantry Or swap in "literally" - any area where we see authority grudgingly give in. Skilled speakers will use it right.

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      2. Charmian Neary‏ @CharmianNeary 17 Sep 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @trafficstatic I'm too stuck on "more importantly" for more important to consider another bad usage right now.

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      3. Will Doolittle‏ @trafficstatic 17 Sep 2014
        Replying to @CharmianNeary

        @CharmianNeary @sapinker I think you're begging the question, Charmian.

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      2. airzao‏ @MarcZaoSanders 17 Sep 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker which raises the question of their suitability for that panel!

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      2. Jimbo Dim the Lights  👻  🌘‏ @jimoutofbennies 17 Sep 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker I consider it tragic when a specific word or expression has its meaning gradually changed by way of people using it incorrectly.

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      3. (((Benjamin Lukoff)))  🗽‏ @lukobe 17 Sep 2014
        Replying to @jimoutofbennies

        @jesnider @sapinker That is precisely how language changes.

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      4. Jimbo Dim the Lights  👻  🌘‏ @jimoutofbennies 17 Sep 2014
        Replying to @lukobe

        @lukobe @sapinker I suppose it is, like the word "hopefully."

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      1. Tim Kowal‏ @timkowal 17 Sep 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        .@sapinker AHD begs the question: what right does it have to say what beg the question means?

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