Re: Display or appear (Was: Can "either" be used if there are three or more selections?)

[Laura_Hammett -at- scruggs -dot- com]

Actually, the "Product" dialog itself displays.
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After you click New, the Product dialog displays.

Displays WHAT?

Fairies dancing, waving their wands? Witches intoning, "Bubble, bubble,
toil and trouble..."? Something related to the software application?

I vote for appears. Not nearly as spooky in my book.

Jo Byrd

Laura_Hammett -at- scruggs -dot- com wrote:

>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.)
>
>
>-Laura
>







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