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Offline iddee

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For the grammer police...
« on: March 09, 2011, 11:15:25 pm »
I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in what oerdr the ltteres in a word are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is that the frsit and last ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can still raed it whotuit a pboerlm. This is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the word as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
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Offline Countryboy

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Re: For the grammer police...
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2011, 11:27:25 pm »
Why are the police looking for Kelsey Grammer?  Is this thread a code to help them find him?

Considering that only 1:4 Americans are proficient at reading English, (some studies reflect much lower rates of literacy) I suspect it would be understood much easier if proper spelling and grammar was used.

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Re: For the grammer police...
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2011, 11:46:41 pm »
OOPS. Sorry. I didn't realize we had some of the other 80% on here.
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Re: For the grammer police...
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2011, 09:55:03 am »
I had a Prof in college that gave us a test that had that nonspelling in it. I didnt even realize it untill 1/2way through, it was a 8:00 Fri. morn class after some really good Thurs. night bar specials!


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