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Re: appears/displays

Subject: Re: appears/displays
From: Chuck Martin <cwmartin -at- US -dot- ORACLE -dot- COM>
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 16:42:19 -0800

Tommy Green wrote:
> In our Maintenance and Service Guides (Computer), we use "depicts". "The
> following table depicts the rear components of..."

"...shows..."

As in: "The following table shows the rear components of..."

(Or better: "Table <number> shows the rear components of..."

Or even: "Table <number> lists the rear components of..."

One fewer syllable. More common word, and probably easier for
translation.

--
Chuck Martin
Principal Technical Writer, Oracle Developer
Tools Division, Oracle Corporation

cwmartin"at"us.oracle.com

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