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USF Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
talk into
Would you please tell me that in what situations we usually use "talk into", in the meaning of persuading? I mean for instance, do we use it when we are persuading our friend who do not smoke to smoke with us? Or we use it to describe what happened or is happening in meetings and sessions, for instance in a business or a political issue?
Does it have synonyms for each of those situations? Casual, official, and for instance with our father.
Does it have synonyms for each of those situations? Casual, official, and for instance with our father.
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Persuading your friend would be a good example of talking someone into something. Politically or in a business atmosphere it would be less appropriate/common, unless you are using a friendly/jovial tone, but I wouldn't really recommend it. In my experience, to talk someone into something somewhat implies that they are doing it against their better judgement; that you have convinced them to do it and they have not decided on their own.
- Persuading your friend would be a good example of talking someone into something.
- Politically or in a business atmosphere it would be less appropriate/common, unless you are using a friendly/jovial tone, but I wouldn't really recommend it.
- In my experience, to talk someone into something somewhat implies that they are doing it against their better judgement; that you have convinced them to do it and they have not decided on their own.
- So therefore to talk someone into investing with you, for example, might be regarded as saying they should not have been willing to do so.
- " With convincing someone they are doing it because they believe they should, not because you insisted they should.
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Persuading your friend would be a good example of talking someone into something. Politically or in a business atmosphere it would be less appropriate/common, unless you are using a friendly/jovial tone, but I wouldn't really recommend it.
In my experience, to talk someone into something somewhat implies that they are doing it against their better judgement; that you have convinced them t
In my experience, to talk someone into something somewhat implies that they are doing it against their better judgement; that you have convinced them t
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Good. 
Note that you can talk someone into something AND have it be right.
Also that you can talk people
Note that you can talk someone into something AND have it be right.
Also that you can talk people
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Leah SAND have it be right.Thanks, and I didn't understand this part.
Leah
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Oh - just expanding upon my earlier comment that usually talking someone into something is something they wouldn't have done themselves or "shouldn't" actually go along with. That is an implication (to me), not a definitive truth.
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