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And what's happened to "Persuade"?
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Bill Smith
Nov 18, 2008, 3:50:29 PM11/18/08
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"Convince" seems to have replaced "persuade" almost completely in UK
broadcasting. It seems totally wrong to me to say, for example, "I
convinced him to come with us to the cinema"
broadcasting. It seems totally wrong to me to say, for example, "I
convinced him to come with us to the cinema"
John Briggs
Nov 18, 2008, 4:36:05 PM11/18/08
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It depends how much persuading he needed :-)
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John Briggs
Bill Smith
Nov 19, 2008, 5:23:49 AM11/19/08
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In article <6zGUk.103683$AS2....@newsfe20.ams2>,
"John Briggs" <john.b...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
"John Briggs" <john.b...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
Exactly. I'd reluctantly accept "I convinced him to give himself up to
the police", but would prefer "I convinced him that he should give
himself up". Going to the cinema may indeed require _hard_ persuasion,
but I still feel "convince" would be wrong in this kind of "argument".
IMHO, you convince people _that_ a situation is as you say it is, or a
course of action is the right one but you don't (well, didn't!) follow
it with an infinitive. Otoh, you do follow "persuade" with an
infinitive - not invariably, but most of the time.
BS
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