Re: my bad displays habit

[Keith Hood <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

I would use "opens" instead of "displays." Peacocks display, windows open.


--- On Fri, 2/26/10, Suzanne Chiles <suzchiles -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> From: Suzanne Chiles <suzchiles -at- gmail -dot- com>
> Subject: my bad displays habit
> To: "Techwr-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> Date: Friday, February 26, 2010, 5:25 PM
> I have fallen into the bad habit,
> when writing task topics, of following the
> instructions with sentences like "The Edit Settings window
> displays." I know
> this is bad usage, but all other versions of this type of
> information seem
> awkward and overly-thought-out. I think it goes back to a
> manager I had many
> years ago who wouldn't let us say "appears" because she
> thought it made it
> sound like the results of a magic spell.
> 
> Anyway, I am open to suggestions.
> 
> tia,
> Suzanne
> 
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