Question
DISSUADE (i) Â The sales person strongly
dissuaded the clients to buy the product but they did not purchase it till the end. (ii) My parents dissuaded me from swimming as they feared water. (iii) Hardik Pandya was dissuaded from practicing while recuperating from injury. In each of the following questions, a word has been used in sentences in THREE different ways. Choose the option corresponding to the sentences in which the usage of the word is CORRECT or APPROPRIATE.Solution
The meaning of the word “dissuade” is “to persuade someone not to take an action”. (i)           Incorrect – “The sales person strongly dissuaded the clients” is incorrect as the intention is to say the sales person tried to persuade the clients. (ii)         Correct – “My parents dissuaded me from swimming” is correct as it means my parents convinced me to not swim. (iii)        Correct – “) Hardik Pandya was dissuaded from practicing” is correct as means Hardik Pandya was persuaded/ requested to not practice while recuperating.
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