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Subject:Re: "Appears" vs. "will appear" From:Janice Gelb <janice -dot- gelb -at- sun -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Fri, 04 May 2007 08:05:51 +1000
Mike Starr wrote:
>
> Choose the File>>Save menu item. <software product> displays the Save
> dialog box.
>
> What's wrong with that??
>
We avoid using "display" as a verb because
it is often also used as a noun ("on the
display") and localization gets touchy about
that kind of double usage.
-- Janice
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