Have you ever gotten an email from someone who can't spell. You'd think that spelling would be no problem, these days. All you have to do is hit Spell Check, right? But correct spelling doesn't seem to be a high priority in our modern hi-tech world. And some researchers are suggesting that, maybe, it just doesn't matter:
Aoccdrnig to a reeschraer at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht hthe 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.
Allen D. Bragdon
(Wow, it was fun Spell Check-ing this post!)
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