We already have a perfectly fine and valid phrase: &quot;raises the question X&quot;.<p>I guess there is a difference here between American and British English, not so much in what is formally accepted, but in common usage. American English seems to quickly adopt grammatically&#x2F;syntactically&#x2F;semantically incorrect phrases that become popular; &quot;touch base&quot; or &quot;call out&quot; or even &quot;${X}gate&quot; comes to mind.