Re: "Appears" vs. "will appear"

[Janice Gelb <janice -dot- gelb -at- sun -dot- com>]

Mike Starr wrote:
> 
> Choose the File>>Save menu item. <software product> displays the Save
> dialog box.
> 
> What's wrong with that??
> 

We avoid using "display" as a verb because
it is often also used as a noun ("on the
display") and localization gets touchy about
that kind of double usage.

-- Janice

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