Convince and persuade 说服和劝说
"I'd like to know the difference between ‘convince’ and ‘persuade’. Both have the same meaning, but I don't know when to use them. "
Gary Zang
Do you know the meaning of the verbs 'to convince' and 'to persuade'?
收听与下载
Are you convinced that you know the difference, or persuaded that you know the difference?!
Jackie and Helen explore the similarities and differences between these two words.
Which of these sentences is more correct?
Helen convinced Mike that he should write a book.
or
Helen convinced Mike to write a book.
Find out the answer in the programme. As always, if you have a question about the English language you can send it to the team at questions.chinaelt@bbc.co.uk.
