Re: "Appears" vs. "will appear"

Subject: Re: "Appears" vs. "will appear"
From: "Mike Starr" <mike -at- writestarr -dot- com>
To: "Bryan Sherman" <bsherm -at- gmail -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 14:14:49 -0500

The nature of step-by-step procedures is that they can be repetitive. I can
live with that.

Mike
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan Sherman" <bsherm -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "Mike Starr" <mike -at- writestarr -dot- com>
Cc: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: "Appears" vs. "will appear"

> It's wordy. Especially if you have a number of steps in a row that all
> say "The system confabulator displays..."
>
> On 5/3/07, Mike Starr <mikestarr-techwr-l -at- writestarr -dot- com> wrote:
>> Choose the File>>Save menu item. <software product> displays the Save
>> dialog
>> box.
>>
>> What's wrong with that??
>>
>> Mike
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>> Mike Starr WriteStarr Information Services
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>> Graphic Designer - Desktop Publisher - MS Office Expert
>> Phone: (262) 694-1028 - Tollfree: (877) 892-1028 - Fax:(262) 697-6334
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Sarah Bouchier" <Sarah -dot- Bouchier -at- exony -dot- com>
>> To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
>> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 12:03 PM
>> Subject: RE: "Appears" vs. "will appear"
>>
>> > >I use "displays" instead of "appears." But I have no good reason why.
>> >>Just a preference.
>> >
>> > The problem I always have with that is that when I see a sentence such
>> > as 'Click X. The X window displays' I mentally wait to find out what
>> > it
>> > is that the X window displays.
>> >
>> > Sarah Bouchier
>> > Technical Author
>> >
>> > exony

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References:
RE: "Appears" vs. "will appear": From: Sarah Bouchier
Re: "Appears" vs. "will appear": From: Mike Starr
Re: "Appears" vs. "will appear": From: Bryan Sherman

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