SAT语法题:修改句子In just a couple of years,low-carbohydrate diets have accomplished what the government has failed to do in decades of trying:convince the public that refined grains are bad and whole grains are good.这个句子是已经改对了的,还有一个选项是convince变成convincing其他都不变,为什么convincing不对呢?“分号”不是既可以做连词又可以不是连词吗?

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SAT语法题:修改句子
In just a couple of years,low-carbohydrate diets have accomplished what the government has failed to do in decades of trying:convince the public that refined grains are bad and whole grains are good.
这个句子是已经改对了的,还有一个选项是convince变成convincing其他都不变,为什么convincing不对呢?“分号”不是既可以做连词又可以不是连词吗?