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Originally Posted by Pulpmeister
Try this typical paragraph:
John B. was the last captive to be released. The nnmher of her vietims eomplete, the girl gestured toward one of the open lanes.
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On a small screen with a small font, my eyes slid right over this sentence with ease. My brain seemed willing to subconsciously "autocorrect" it for me. On a larger screen, however, the errors are quite distracting to me.
Classic case in point:
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"It deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe."
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I was amazed at how effortlessly I was able to read this the first time I ever saw it.