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Re: Display or appear (Was: Can "either" be used if there are three or more selections?)
Subject:Re: Display or appear (Was: Can "either" be used if there are three or more selections?) From:Laura_Hammett -at- scruggs -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 4 Oct 2001 16:51:54 -0500
My team solves this dilemma in the following way:
Use "displays". "Appears" implies a mystical, fairy-like presentation of
material.
Example:
After you click New, the Product dialog displays.
vs.
After you click New, the Product dialog appears. (Spooky.)
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