Re: Window displays?

Subject: Re: Window displays?
From: Dianne Blake <write-it -at- HOME -dot- COM>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 20:38:24 -0700

Mike Stockman wrote:
> The "grammatically correct" part of "The ABC window displays" seems to
> be a matter for discussion, but I've been tech. writing for over 12
> years and have not encountered that usage. All usage I've enountered,
> both from colleagues and the current editions of the style guides from
> Apple, Microsoft, and (I think) Sun support "The ABC window appears."
> Can you please provide where "displays" used in this context is
> "current usage," for all of our benefit?

Maybe it is just my imagination - but "appears" conjures up the image of
a ghost, while the word "displays" reminds me that I'm looking at a
"display unit". I typically use "displays" unless asked not to.

- Dianne Blake
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