The Case of the Missing Editor/Proofreader.

[Amateur_Barbarian]

@Derleth

Amateur Barbarian: The fact you know about dyslexia and persist in making your argument tells me all I need to know about your position.

…what?

You’ve always struck me as a fairly rational poster, so I’ll just say… thanks for playing.

[terentii]

@pulykamell

How are they pronounced differently? In my dialect, both are exactly the same.

He clearly separated the two syllables and said “of.” It didn’t even sound like a contraction.

[Voyager]

@jsgoddess

I find it works for many things. But yes, those horrible meaningless sentences will leap out when read aloud.

You bring up a good point, too. Reading from a screen and reading from paper are two different things. Print and read things you want to be typo/error free. It helps.

My wife has discovered that if she moves her stuff to her Kindle, she can find still other sets of errors.

[Helena]

@tapu

Maybe it’s the evolution of communication… or the decline of a literate society.

I came up with the term “post-literate” during a similar conversation.