"Appears" vs. "will appear"

Sarah Bouchier Sarah.Bouchier at exony.com
Thu May 3 11:03:14 MDT 2007


>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.

Sarah Bouchier
Technical Author

exony


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