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>Nonetheless, I prefer not to use "display" as an intransitive verb. It
>doesn't sound right to my ear. I use "appear," which to many folks sounds
>like a supernatural event. I find that interpretation odd since things
>appear in the paper, police appear on the scene, and so on. (And if it DOES
>sound like magic, then I don't mind adding to the mystique in this case. ;-)
>
Ironically (given the business Bill's company is in), I have always heard
that the objection to "appear" derives from translating the word into other
languages where the local culture might interpret it as "supernatural."
--Wayne
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