little tidbits like this always come around when we're grading papers!
I recall a similar example on xmca a while ago...probably last semester
about this time!
>>>>>>>
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.
The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid. Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at
Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a
wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be
in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed
it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey
lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I
awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt.
dale
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>> I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.
>> >The
>> > phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid. Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at
>> >Cmabrigde
>> > Uinervtisy, it deosn> '> t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a
>wrod
>> > are,
>> >the
>> > olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the
>rghit
>> > pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it
>wouthit
>> > a
>> > porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter
>by
>> > istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas
>> > thought
>> > slpeling was ipmorantt.
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