A book convinced me to write this post

I was reading a section of a grammar book when I came upon an interesting point.

The following phrase is incorrect:
"Timmy convinced me to walk with him to school."

The verb convince cannot have an action follow it. You can convince someone that the world is round (an idea). But you cannot convince someone to act. It is grammatically incorrect to do so. In a nutshell, the verb convince cannot be followed by an infinitive.

The best replacement for the incorrect convince would be the word persuade.
A book persuaded me to write this post.