Question: unacceptable
Answer: I'm as sad as angry.
Question: acceptable
Answer: The ship was sunk to collect the insurance.
Question: unacceptable
Answer: The more contented the nurses began to believe that we were going to pretend to be, the more angry we grew at the doctors.
Question: acceptable
Answer:
I succeeded in convincing, even though John had failed to persuade, Mary not to leave.