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Wednesday, August 1, 2007

How to Persuade and Convince

Posted on 8:55 AM by Unknown
According to a traditional rule, there is an important difference between persuade and convince. You persuade people to act but convince them something is true. So convince shouldn't be used with an infinitive, while persuade usually takes one. (See 100 Words Almost Everyone Confuses and Misuses, p 27). I never knew.
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