Craig,
I do believe that you have shown that convince has a
causative element and that it does not exclude the resultive element. The
first is like: “He convinced us that we should vote for BO.” The
second is like “He caused us to believe that BO is the best
candidate.” This would clearly make the third example redundant:
“He caused us to believe that we should believe that BO is the best
candidate.” At this point my faith is renewed that disciplined
paraphrase will bring out the meanings, while possibly degrading stylistic
niceties.
Bruce
(I sent this again, since the listserve did not acknowledge
it after a half hour.)
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