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"persuade someone of" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English
It means to convince someone to believe or agree with a certain idea or point of view. Example: The politician's powerful speech persuaded many voters of his campaign promises.
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If I were trying to persuade someone of the genius of Michelangelo I would say look at this statue – because who can miss its modern unease and anxiety?
But if you want to persuade someone of something, the task at hand is to stress your common ground, not emphasise your differences.
This culminated in the deaths of 40 people in a fire in Odessa (see article), which Russia called an example of Ukrainian fascism .The purpose of an information war is not to persuade someone of something, but to get people engaged in warfare," says Gregory Asmolov, a researcher at the London School of Economics.
The result is that, as things currently stand, the standards of argumentation required to persuade someone of the truth of physicalism are much lower than the standards required to persuade someone of its negation.
At this point we might want to ask about the audience; after all, the rhetorician is trying to persuade someone of something.
For example, as a result of being coerced or threatened, I might will to persuade someone of something, even though I desire that I not succeed in persuading her.
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Remember how it was seen as a coup that George Osborne should have persuaded someone of the calibre of Mark Carney to take over at the Bank of England?
(Realistically, how many times does a piece of writing persuade someone to switch sides?) It's often about mobilization.
Instead of trying to persuade someone to agree with you (they won't), or that their views are false (who wants to admit that?), try listening.
Notice where your Jimmy Choos are Pointing If you want to persuade someone to take on your point of view, then make sure that your feet are pointing in the direction of the person.
If someone was inclined to do a good deed, she'd be the kind of person who would persuade someone to do it".
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