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Subject:appears/displays From:Tommy Green <tgreen -at- AESBUS -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 17 Nov 1998 14:01:41 -0600
Michelle Vina-Baltsas asked for preferences on <<The imported
> information appears/displays in a table.
Here's another twist:
In our Maintenance and Service Guides (Computer), we use "depicts". "The
following table depicts the rear components of..." We went back and forth
with the editors and came up with "depicts" as the most appropriate word
for us. Just thought I'd add to the confusion.
The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shock-proof, shit
detector. This is the writer's radar and all great writers have had it.
~ Ernest Hemingway
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Tommy D. Green
AESBUS Technology Group
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