compelling (adj.)

very convincing or interesting

Examples

• A compelling story.

Key rules

• Compelling means very convincing or very interesting
• Compelling evidence, a compelling story
• Compel is the verb: compel someone to do something

Common mistakes

• A compelled story → A compelling story
• The evidence was compelled → The evidence was compelling

Use cases

• Describing films and books
• Making persuasive arguments
• Reviewing evidence