RE: "Persist" as a transitive verb? <gack!>

["David Knopf" <david -at- knopf -dot- com>]

Roy Jacobsen wrote:

| My objection isn't to the word "persist" or "persistence." It's the use
| of an intransitive verb as transitive. I'm suggesting the wording change
| to "the information must be persistent" or "the information must be made
| persistent."

Your wording is obviously more standard English. However, "persist" as a
verb and even "persistify" are rather common locutions among OOP folks.
Depending on for whom the materials are written, the audience might actually
be more comfortable with the less standard usage, much as it grates.

Regards,

David Knopf (mailto:david -at- knopf -dot- com)
Knopf Online (http://www.knopf.com)
Tel: 415.550.8367

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