RE: "Appears" vs. "will appear"

Subject: RE: "Appears" vs. "will appear"
From: "Ron Hearn" <RHearn -at- cucbc -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 10:28:01 -0700


Some would say that it requires more words than necessary.

Ron Hearn
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Subject: Re: "Appears" vs. "will appear"

Choose the File>>Save menu item. <software product> displays the Save
dialog box.

What's wrong with that??

Mike
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Subject: RE: "Appears" vs. "will appear"

> >I use "displays" instead of "appears." But I have no good reason why.
>>Just a preference.
>
> The problem I always have with that is that when I see a sentence such

> as 'Click X. The X window displays' I mentally wait to find out what
> it is that the X window displays.
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> Sarah Bouchier
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RE: "Appears" vs. "will appear": From: Sarah Bouchier
Re: "Appears" vs. "will appear": From: Mike Starr

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