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In this sentence:Convinced of the importance of education, modern states 'invest' in institutions of learning to get back ‘interest' in the form of a large group of enlightened young men and women who are potential leaders.
There are four options for replace "convinced of" in the sentence and only one is right. (a) Being convincing (b) Convincing (c) Having convinced (d) Being convinced. The right answer is (d). It says that "Being convinced" is equal to "convinced of" in the sentence. I am a little puzzled why? And what we can't chose (c) Having convinced? I mean when we should use "be convinced of" and when we should use "convince" as a verb?
2014年6月27日 12:05
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Being convinced of - is correct
Having been convinced of - is ok too.
2014年6月27日
Nice example of a dangling participle, if I'm not mistaken!
'Having convinced' would mean that the subject (the states) had managed to convince someone or something else about this - which obviously doesn't make sense. It's the states which are convinced, so the verb which goes with it is 'to be', either stated or not:
Convinced of .........,
Being convinced of .........,
Having been convinced of, ....
Whether you see the participle 'convinced' as being an adjective or part of a passive construction, you still need the verb 'to be'.
An example of 'Having convinced ...' might be:
Having convinced my all friends that the ride was safe, I booked tickets for us.
ie 'I' am the subject of this sentence, and I booked the tickets after I had convinced other people about the safety of the ride. This is different from your sentence above, where the word 'convinced' refers to the subject.
I hope that's clear.
2014年6月27日
As GuideDogSaint says but I would add the following...
To be convinced of = to believe (you have already been persuaded by some sort of evidence)
To convince = to persuade
2014年6月27日
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