[jcims]

The problem is 'begs the question' is not an intuitive phrase to describe the formal definition, so we're going to be stuck with this correction forever.

At this point I feel it has only survived as a form of shibboleth.

[philwelch]

You’d think that, but we pedants managed to rescue the word “ironic” at one point.

[GauntletWizard]

But you've figuratively lost "literally".

[philwelch]

That's just highly advanced irony; using the word "literally" non-literally.

[throwlaplace]

>The problem is 'begs the question' is not an intuitive phrase to describe the formal definition

it does if you look at the etymology; beg comes begging off i.e. asking for exemption from something. it's archaic at this point of course but still fairly intelligible in that use; "he begged off doing his chores".