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"Being convinced" or "convinced"?

Hi,
I've just had a not very frolicsome discussion with a friend of mine about the usage of convinced. Could you please explain us what's the difference between
1. "Convinced Marcel would understand Moritz, Moritz killed Marcel."and

2. "Being convinced Marcel would understand Moritz, Moritz killedMarcel."
TIA
Marcel
  

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[nq:1]Hi, I've just had a not very frolicsome discussion with a friend of mine about the usage of convinced. Could ... 1.

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  • [nq:1]Hi, I've just had a not very frolicsome discussion with a friend of mine about the usage of convinced.
  • Could ...
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  • "[/nq] In this specific context I can see no particular difference.
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[nq:1]Hi, I've just had a not very frolicsome discussion with a friend of mine about the usage of convinced. Could ... 1. "Convinced Marcel would understand Moritz, Moritz killed Marcel." and 2. "Being convinced Marcel would understand Moritz, Moritz killed Marcel."[/nq]
In this specific context I can see no particular difference.

Regards, Einde O'Callaghan
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[nq:2]1. "Convinced Marcel would understand Moritz, Moritz killed Marcel." and 2. "Being convinced Marcel would understand Moritz, Moritz killed Marcel."[/nq]
[nq:1]In this specific context I can see no particular difference.[/nq]
Ok, so the progressive form of "to be" in "being convinced" has no temporal meaning at all in this context?
Am I right that in
1. "Done his homework he w
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[nq:2]1. "Convinced Marcel would understand Moritz, Moritz killed Marcel." and 2. "Being convinced Marcel would understand Moritz, Moritz killed Marcel."[/nq]
[nq:1]In this specific context I can see no particular difference.[/nq]
Is there maybe a difference concerning active and passive meaning between the two sentences, i.e. does 1. mean that Moritz was convinced by others?
Regards
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[nq:2]In this specific context I can see no particular difference.[/nq]
[nq:1]Is there maybe a difference concerning active and passive meaning between the two sentences, i.e. does 1. mean that Moritz was convinced by others?[/nq]
Both sentences have a passive meaning. In both cases something (or perhaps someone) unnamed convinced Marcelo.
Regards, Einde O'Callaghan
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[nq:2]In this specific context I can see no particular difference.[/nq]
[nq:1]Ok, so the progressive form of "to be" in "being convinced" has no temporal meaning at all in this context?[/nq]
In this particular case, no. I also don't think that it can be described as a progressive form - it's actually the present participle passive. Not all "-ing" forms are parts of progressive tenses, ther
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