RE: Display, Displays, or Appears

["Leonard C. Porrello" <Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- SoleraTec -dot- com>]

I prefer "appears". And I think it is "magical", just like "gravity". 

Leonard


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Subject: RE: Display, Displays, or Appears

From: "Leonard C. Porrello" <Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- SoleraTec -dot- com>

I wonder if anyone has done empirical research on how "The Average User
(TM)" understands "appears" as used in a user's guide. I probably love
theory more than most, but it appears to me that only empirical data can
put this issues to rest.

Leonard
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Yes, I'd like to know if anybody else has that feeling that the word
"appears" suggests some sort of magical, supernatural occurrence.

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