[HPFGU-OTChatter] Amusingly appropriate typo

P. Alexis Nguyen alexisnguyen at gmail.com
Wed Jan 7 16:34:51 UTC 2009


Lee:
> One would think that proofreading has become a lost art.

Ali:
I have some defense to the memo and them "slops."  There's quite a bit
of scientific proof that the mind mostly constructs words from the
first and last letters.  "Qualty" is an honest mistake that is easy to
miss (not that it makes the person who made it any less careless since
it's a mistake Word would definitely catch).  If one is simply reading
and not reading for proofing purposes, it's something quite easily
missed.

However, with me seeing typos and grammatical errors all over the
place in books coming from giant publishing houses with big budgets
for things like editing and proofing, I can't help but think you're
more than a little correct in your point, Lee.  So sad ...

~Ali




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