RE: "Appears" vs. "will appear"

Subject: RE: "Appears" vs. "will appear"
From: "Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 11:51:46 -0600

I vote for Geoff Hart's second suggestion as the best solution in
practically all contexts:

> In some contexts, "1. Click ABC. 2. In the XYZ
> dialog box [do something]." Shorter, focuses on the task, and
> doesn't make any predictions about the future.

But I vote for Laura Lemay's as the best "Is it Friday yet?" post in a
long time:

> Every six months, on techwrl, as if by magic, the appears
> discussion appears.
>
> Laura
> disappears

I will write in the future tense for food. But I won't display.

Richard


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Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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Re: "Appears" vs. "will appear": From: Laura Lemay

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