Re: Displays vs. Appears

Subject: Re: Displays vs. Appears
From: Dick Margulis <margulisd -at- comcast -dot- net>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 09:00:48 -0500




Jayaseelan Pannirselvam wrote:



Discussed frequently in the past. You're right that there are conflicting points of view. I avoid the whole topic by using "opens" whenever an intransitive sense is intended. The page|dialog|document|panel|pane opens. Period.

By the way, your English passes muster in the US just fine. If you have lived your entire life in India, that is not apparent from your writing style.

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