active vs. passive voice

Fred Ridder docudoc at hotmail.com
Thu Mar 27 13:38:41 MDT 2008


> From: Leonard.Porrello at SoleraTec.com
> (B) "1. Click <New Entry>. The New Entry window will appear."
 
Why introduce the future tense? I don't see that it adds any 
meaning. In fact, it seems to dissociate the result from its
cause because it carries some implication that the appearance 
of the window might not be immediate.
 
And it still doesn't address the objection of the people who
believe that the verb "appear" is somehow supernatural 
because it is the opposite of "disappear".
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