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The phrase "a more basic question" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when you want to simplify a topic or return to a fundamental issue in a discussion.
Example: "Before we dive into the details, let's address a more basic question: what is the main goal of this project?"
Alternatives: "a simpler question" or "a fundamental question".
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Those pronouncements overlook a more basic question: Can anything be done to save Syria from itself?
But before we get lost in the weeds, let's consider a more basic question.
But it evades a more basic question, some attorneys general say.
And there is a more basic question: how is it supposed to work?
Instead, the court examined a more basic question: When can the police stop and ask someone a question?
Then there's a more basic question: Does the past — represented by all those years of market returns — actually predict the future?
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There is a much more basic question to be considered first: whether manned space flight is worth the cost and the risk.
I don't care to join in the bashing and blaming, but I do think this is the right time to ask a far more basic question.
But lost in the moral bickering was a much more basic question: Does such instruction work at all? Can we really transmit a moral code to our children through the use of stories?
And if you're considering buying in a building that's still being built, an even more basic question to ask is: Will it ever be finished?
This discussion leads to an even more basic question: What does it take to perform your best?
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