Difference between weak and strong convergence

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I don't really understand the difference between weak convergence and strong convergence of operators.

According to my script, strong convergence of a bounded operators $A_n,A$ on a Hilbert space $H$ means:

$A_n x \rightarrow Ax$ for all $x \in H$.

And weak convergence means:

$<y,A_n x> \ \rightarrow \ <y,A x>$ for all $x,y \in H$.

Strong convergence clearly implies weak convergence. But i don't understand why weak convergence doesn't imply strong convergence.

If we have

$\lim_{n \rightarrow \infty}<y,A_n x>=<y,Ax>$,

we can pull the limit inside the scalar product to obtain:

$<x,\lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} A_n y>=<y,Ax>$.

Since this is true for all $x,y \in H$ we obtain strong convergence. Where is the mistake in here?