Consider the following sentences: A.) "I gave the most difficult task to Sandy because she is the most stubborn person I know." B.) "I gave the most difficult task to Sandy because she is the most persistent person I know." How does the connotation of the word "persistent" in the second sentence convey the author's purpose? *
a.it implies a positive characteristic
b.it implies a careless characteristic
c.it implies an increasingly negative characteristic
d.it implies a playfully irresponsible characteristic