13—I beg your pardon. It is a phrase you might hear as ... It's another version of excuse me. You aren't really begging. You are barely asking. It's a simple nod at politeness — words we ...

Pardons can be good if used to free people who were wrongly arrested and convicted in a less-than-perfect judicial system. [.

I beg your pardon. It is a phrase you might hear as someone slips by you in an aisle at the store — unless you are in ...