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To: CharlesWayneCT; Elsie; MizSterious; pandoraou812; metmom; Politicalmom; colorcountry

And your claim is to want to persuade, not alienate.

In MY opinion, the "Pasha of Pontification" is one of the major annoyances on FR on thread after thread after thread.

And your claim is to want to persuade, not ~~alienate~~ PONTFICATE.

1,007 posted on 05/10/2008 2:48:17 PM PDT by greyfoxx39 (Plea to mormon FReepers, "DONT HOSE ME, BRO!")

per·suada·ble adj.

per·suader n.

Synonyms: persuade, induce, prevail, convince These verbs mean to succeed in causing a person to do or consent to something. Persuade means to win someone over, as by reasoning or personal forcefulness: Nothing could persuade her to change her mind.

To induce is to lead, as to a course of action, by means of influence or persuasion: "Pray what could induce him to commit so rash an action?" Oliver Goldsmith.

One prevails on somebody who resists: "He had prevailed upon the king to spare them" Daniel Defoe.

To convince is to persuade by the use of argument or evidence: The sales clerk convinced me that the car was worth the price.

http://www.answers.com/topic/persuade HMMMMMMMMM

1,009 posted on 05/10/2008 2:57:14 PM PDT by pandoraou812 (Doesn't play well with others or share .....)

1,010 posted on 05/10/2008 2:57:23 PM PDT by greyfoxx39 (Plea to mormon FReepers, "DONT HOSE ME, BRO!")

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