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RE: Convince vs. Persuade (WAS: Displays versus Appears )

Subject: RE: Convince vs. Persuade (WAS: Displays versus Appears )
From: Berk/Devlin <armadill -at- earthlink -dot- net>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 12:45:54 -0800

On Tue, 19 Dec 2000 16:50:29 -0000, "Carnall, Jane" <Jane -dot- Carnall -at- compaq -dot- com> wrote:

... I have a whole flock of pet peeves myself, but I find them expensive to feed and exhausting to exercise (or perhaps the other way round), so I reserve pet status for peeves about the actual mistreatment of English: which does not include the substitution of a word with a synonym for that word, however traditionally preferred.

Jane:

I disagree; I think that if you know there's a difference, then in your professional work, and if it doesn't take significantly more effort, you should take care to choose the MOST appropriate word. (And since there is a wide selection of dictionaries available at the click of a button, determining which of two possible words to use usually requires little effort.)

But you put the opposing position so beautifully that you've convinced me. Or, is that persuaded me?

--Emily
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