Explanation:
being persuasive is like trying to persuade someone into like doing something or even saying something and being persuaded is like someone convincing you to do something like a dare or to ask someone out.
Answer: B
Explanation:
I don't know much about gerunds and I'm not very good at explaining but a gerund is a form that is derived from a verb but it functions as a noun.
Paul celebrated Peter's birthday, then two days later, Peter celebrated Paul's birthday. Because both Peter and Paul are males, we must use the possessive pronoun "his" when speaking of either, or in this case, both of them, which started the confusion represented in this example.