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Re: Open vs Appear,Yet Again

Subject: Re: Open vs Appear,Yet Again
From: Janice Gelb <janice -dot- gelb -at- sun -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 07:47:12 +1000

Kevin Amery wrote:


James Barrow wrote:
This is my style also, but as I posted earlier, I've had
>> editors cringe at this. Whenever I've used 'displayed',
>> my work has come back with more red ink than the federal
>> budget.

> The problem (to me at least) with "is displayed" is it's
> passive voice. "Opens" or "appears" is active voice.
>

In cases where the noun doing the action is clearly
understood, passive voice is not necessarily evil.
In this case, there is no confusion about what has
displayed the dialog box.

We allow both "appears" and "is displayed" so if Jim
wants to come work for Sun, I promise I won't mark
"is displayed" as incorrect :->

-- Janice

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