Count every ' F ' in the following text: How many are there?

[MeanOldLady]

@Johnny_L.A

I didn’t read the words. I scanned the string for Fs.

Ditto.

@mr.jp

I got 9

I got 27. I win.

[mr.jp]

Actually, the one in the spoiler box should count too. So 10. Pretty tricky problem.

[Terraplane]

I knew it was going to be some kind of trick thing, ran the mouse cursor over every word to make sure I got them all, and my brain still glossed over every f in ‘of’.

Stupid brain…

[Chessic_Sense]

When I read the thread title, I said to myself “Be sure to count the 'of’s.” Sure enough, that was the trick. I got 5 twice. Missed the last “of”. As a corollary, I like the following:

In the United States of
of America, the president is
is the Commander in
in Chief of the
the Armed Forces.

What’s wrong with that statement?

[Indistinguishable]

@omgzebras

I knew it was going to be some kind of trick thing, ran the mouse cursor over every word to make sure I got them all, and my brain still glossed over every f in ‘of’.

Stupid brain…

Same.

[Rysto]

I got 5. I missed scientific. :smack:

[AppallingGael]

@Rysto

I got 5. I missed scientific. :smack:

The first time I saw this, I missed the ones in “of”.

[waterj2]

@Rysto

I got 5. I missed scientific. :smack:

Me too. Skipped the "of"s the first read through, then immediately went back for them, but got must have been so determined on not skipping them that I never noticed that scientific has an f.

[koeeoaddi]

I counted everything after the colon and got 6.

[Markxxx]

I got six but I was thinking one of the E’s was mispelled as F and my mind was just missing it

[Dusty_Rose]

I cheated. When proof-reading, I always start at the last word, and work my way back. It forces me to focus on each word instead of sliding into the reading habit. And, yes, I got 6.

[whitetho]

Even knowing this required careful review, I missed all three in “of”. So, where does that mean my brain tumor is located?

[schnuckiputzi]

I got all six, but I’m used to grading spelling tests…

[Malleus_Incus_Stapes]

I was looking for this. I saw it a long time ago, and I wanted to show it to my friends, but I couldn’t recall the text.

And yes, I got 3. :o

[Boyo_Jim]

I win. I got zero. There are no Fs with quote marks aound them in the sentence.

[Ann_Hedonia]

@astro

Count every ’ F ’ in the following text:

FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS…

How many do you count? Click on spoiler box below for the answer.

How many F’s? … No, there are 6, read it again.

Ah, I remember attending my first motivational sales seminar…

They all throw this one at you or something similar. It did get me the first time, though.

[TruCelt]

@Rysto

I got 5. I missed scientific. :smack:

Me too. Double :smack:

[Fiddle_Peghead]

I got six. I’ve done this type of test before. I always start at the end of the sentence and scan backwards.

[Snickers]

@Chessic_Sense

When I read the thread title, I said to myself “Be sure to count the 'of’s.” Sure enough, that was the trick. I got 5 twice. Missed the last “of”. As a corollary, I like the following:

In the United States of
of America, the president is
is the Commander in
in Chief of the
the Armed Forces.

What’s wrong with that statement?

There’s a whole lotta extra articles, prepositions, and be-verbs?

[Cliffy]

@Chessic_Sense

What’s wrong with that statement?

He’s actually “commander in chief of the Army and Navy”?

–Cliffy