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Subject:Re: Impact of typos on ESL readers? From:John G <john -at- garisons -dot- com> To:Erika Yanovich <ERIKA_y -at- rad -dot- com> Date:Wed, 14 Mar 2018 00:01:08 +0000
In the news today, a truthiness typo from Sean Spicer regarding Rex
Tillersonâs tenure a Secretary of State:
âSecretary Tillerson is a true patriot that has severed our nation well.â
<mic drop>
On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 7:32 AM Erika Yanovich <ERIKA_y -at- rad -dot- com> wrote:
> XSL people subconsciously fit words into context to reassure their
> understanding of the meaning. If a word is not known to the reader, but the
> context is understood without that word, nothing happens. It the word
> doesn't fit the context, the reader might look it up.
> HTH,
> Erika
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