New Posts For Thread: Misused words and phraseshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31637991/misused-words-and-phrasesWas anyone aware of this one:The phrase "begs the question" does not mean "raises the question." Instead it means "assumes what it should be proving." As in: "When I asked the dealer why I should pay more for the German car, he said I would be gettindoes anyone know anything about the army press corpse ? ... the newsreader seems tohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31637991/misused-words-and-phrases?post_id=559071847#559071847does anyone know anything about the army press corpse ? ... the newsreader seems toSat, 28 Mar 2020 18:13:26 -0500Top Tip : Do not go sailing with those people.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31637991/misused-words-and-phrases?post_id=559071831#559071831Top Tip : Do not go sailing with those people.Sat, 28 Mar 2020 18:11:07 -0500I frequently hear 'in unchartered waters ' in place of 'in uncharted waters'...https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31637991/misused-words-and-phrases?post_id=559071801#559071801I frequently hear 'in unchartered waters ' in place of 'in uncharted waters'...Sat, 28 Mar 2020 18:06:54 -0500good score @ scrabble " to boot"https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31637991/misused-words-and-phrases?post_id=559071797#559071797good score @ scrabble " to boot"Sat, 28 Mar 2020 18:04:44 -0500I only recently found out that supersede (arguably meaning to take precedence) is spelt with an S and isnt even in the same family of words of cede, concede, recede, precede, precedencehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31637991/misused-words-and-phrases?post_id=559071761#559071761I only recently found out that supersede (arguably meaning to take precedence) is spelt with an S and isnt even in the same family of words of cede, concede, recede, precede, precedenceSat, 28 Mar 2020 17:56:14 -0500You presume correctly ....."Off one's own back" for "off one's own bat". I doubt that this will be familiar to American readers as the original expression apparently derives from cricket, where the only runs credited to a batsman are those scored ‘https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31637991/misused-words-and-phrases?post_id=559070817#559070817You presume correctly ....."Off one's own back" for "off one's own bat". I doubt that this will be familiar to American readers as the original expression apparently derives from cricket, where the only runs credited to a batsman are those scored ‘Sat, 28 Mar 2020 15:57:39 -0500Verbal means in linguistic form and does not mean oral, spoken.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31637991/misused-words-and-phrases?post_id=559070767#559070767Verbal means in linguistic form and does not mean oral, spoken.Sat, 28 Mar 2020 15:51:43 -0500Tortuous means twisting and does not mean torturous.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31637991/misused-words-and-phrases?post_id=559070757#559070757Tortuous means twisting and does not mean torturous.Sat, 28 Mar 2020 15:50:25 -0500Begging the question means "to elicit a specific question as a reaction or response," and can often be replaced with "a question that begs to be answered." However, a lesser used and more formal definition is "to ignore a question under the assumptiohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31637991/misused-words-and-phrases?post_id=559070739#559070739Begging the question means "to elicit a specific question as a reaction or response," and can often be replaced with "a question that begs to be answered." However, a lesser used and more formal definition is "to ignore a question under the assumptioSat, 28 Mar 2020 15:48:33 -0500Disinterested means unbiased and does not mean uninterested.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31637991/misused-words-and-phrases?post_id=559070713#559070713Disinterested means unbiased and does not mean uninterested.Sat, 28 Mar 2020 15:45:33 -0500