Dear writers and wordsmiths...
Today I seem to have learned that the phrase "...which begs the question", when used as originally intended, would never then be followed by 'the question' because the question would be implicit in the preceding bit.
Is any of this right?
@bytebro I'm not sure what you are talking about, which begs the question: "what are you talking about"?
Or:
I'm not sure what you are talking about, which begs the question.
Now, "which begs the question" is redundant, unless it is an idiom or wankery!
I've only ever used "which begs the question" to go from situation A to query B. eg:
It's bloody freezing in Exeter, now, which begs the question: will the big freeze ever stop?
Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
Jon Gerdes