Guest Guest Posted March 3, 2003 Share Posted March 3, 2003 Just do it - don't cheat!!!!!!!!!!!! Try this its actually quite good. But don't cheat! Count the number of F's in the following text: FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS Managed it? Scroll down only after you have counted them! OK? How many? Three? Wrong, there are six - no joke! Read again! FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS The reasoning is further down... The brain cannot process the word "OF". Incredible or what? Anyone who counts all six F's on the first go is a genius Three is normal. teehee! I failed!!! I guess I'm not a genious!How 'bout you??? Quote Link to comment
Guest Guest Posted March 3, 2003 Share Posted March 3, 2003 Got six.....then again I like proof reading too! lol Quote Link to comment
Guest Guest Posted March 4, 2003 Share Posted March 4, 2003 I got them all, too, but I have a little "trick" I use for things like this. Go backwards after you go through it once. Your brain "forgets" to make sense of the sentence and you can see them more clearly. (Hey, Caveman... I'm a "proofreader", too! LOL) Quote Link to comment
Guest Guest Posted March 4, 2003 Share Posted March 4, 2003 I've seen this before. Done it before and still only got 5. I know the thing about not seeing "of" and still missed the last one after checking 3 or 4 times. I used to work in personnel at Allstate Ins. and part of my job was proofreading the typing tests, Caveman and Cat. I was so bad at it they moved me to another part of the workplace. Guess I'm still no good at it! A good idea the reading backwards Cat. I'll have to try it next time. Quote Link to comment
Goose Liver Posted March 4, 2003 Share Posted March 4, 2003 I got all six ....but like Caveman I love proof reading things... some teachers come to me to proof their report cards.. my kids won't come to me to proof their work because I always find mistakes and then they have to do it over again... Quote Link to comment
Guest Guest Posted March 4, 2003 Share Posted March 4, 2003 Wow, you all did great! I failed, and I love to read! Ok, not proof read, just read... Quote Link to comment
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