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It's not quite that simple -- while "raises the question" would be correct in Giles' sentence, your essay on publishing does consist of a circular argument.

And here instead of addressing the question of whether you really read this site or remember the Parrot posts, you pick a low-hanging ad hominem. At least his attack on you directly addressed (and undermined) your argument, instead of just being a grammar nitpick.

Fallacies don't cancel each other out, even when misapplied :)




That wasn't supposed to be a conclusive rebuttal; it was a joke (the point being I do read the stuff on HN).




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