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Subject:Re[2]: appears vs is displayed From:"Virginia L. Krenn" <asdxvlk -at- OKWAY -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU> Date:Tue, 25 Mar 1997 09:16:25 -0600
I disagree with your statement below. If 'Add Patient window' is the
subject and 'displays' is the predicate, what is the object? In other
words, what does the 'Add Patient window" display? Itself? That would be
just as magical as 'appears'.
However, to be consistent with 'closes', you might say, "Click Add. The Add
Patient window opens".
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Subject: Re: appears vs is displayed
Author: dburke -at- tydac -dot- com at SMTP
Date: 3/25/97 9:39 AM
I agree. We are not pulling a rabbit out of a hat. Neither does anything
disappear. It closes. Why not just: "Click Add. The Add Patient window
displays."
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