verb
1
BAD : I beg you to send me the information as soon as possible.
GOOD : I should be grateful if you would send me the information as soon as possible.
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When beg means 'ask someone to do something', it is nearly always used as a reporting verb. Compare: 'Please forgive me.' 'He begged her to forgive him.'
To make a request in a formal letter, use I/we should/would be grateful if ... (NOT I/we beg you ... ): 'I would be grateful if you could raise this question at the next meeting.'
2
See PARDON 1 (↑ pardon )