Timeline for Is “Can I persuade you?” a common word to expect acceptance from somebody?

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Dec 28, 2012 at 8:02	vote	accept	Yoichi Oishi
Dec 28, 2012 at 7:54	history	edited	Yoichi Oishi	CC BY-SA 3.0	added 18 characters in body; edited title
Dec 28, 2012 at 7:47	answer	added	Lucas		timeline score: 1
Dec 28, 2012 at 7:45	comment	added	Yoichi Oishi		Kris. See JWpat's answer. Ngrams for 'Can I persuade you' shows that it has occurred many times in many books, although it is more typically the beginning of a question, rather than a question by itself.
Dec 28, 2012 at 6:38	review	Close votes
Dec 28, 2012 at 16:29
Dec 28, 2012 at 6:20	comment	added	Kris		Why does a random group of words 'Can I persuade you' appear like a cliche? Have you been coming across that too often? Any other sources you can cite? If on the other hand you meant 'a set phrase', you may edit the question.
Dec 28, 2012 at 4:02	history	tweeted			twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/284509652014743552
Dec 28, 2012 at 3:52	comment	added	Yoichi Oishi		Jim. Yes, I did.
Dec 28, 2012 at 2:32	answer	added	user31341		timeline score: 2
Dec 28, 2012 at 2:00	answer	added	James Waldby - jwpat7		timeline score: 2
Dec 28, 2012 at 1:39	comment	added	Jim		Maybe you mean to ask them, "Did I persuade you?" meaning was all my haranguing successful in convincing you that I was right?
Dec 28, 2012 at 1:36	answer	added	Jim		timeline score: 4
Dec 28, 2012 at 1:24	history	asked	Yoichi Oishi	CC BY-SA 3.0