Re: Window displays?

[Aoidìn Scully <ascully -at- FLEXICOM -dot- COM>]

What's wrong with good, ol-fashioned 'shows'? "The ABC window shows...."

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From: Geoff Hart [mailto:Geoff-h -at- MTL -dot- FERIC -dot- CA]
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 1999 1:13 AM
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
Subject: Window displays?


Nancy Smith <<...cringes when I read "The ABC Window
displays."... On the other hand, I don't want to be one of those
dyed-in-the-wool purists who cannot change with the times --
when that is appropriate.>>

There's nothing wrong with the verb "displays" used in this
manner. It's both grammatically correct and has been for
some years (have a look at a good dictionary) and more
importantly (_pace_ our recent discussions), it follows current
usage, which makes it familiar to our audiences. Time to
change your wool dye! <g>

--Geoff Hart @8^{)}     Pointe-Claire, Quebec
geoff-h -at- mtl -dot- feric -dot- ca

"Though the editor is the author's ally, she should never forget that
she is also the reader's first line of defense."--Shoshanna Green


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