typos, noticing or not

[Mark Mandel]

I don't think I did.

m a m

On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

> Who  noticed the "typo" in my sentence?  (At the end below.)  Who did
> not?  How many in each group?  Why?
>
> I speculate that many (including myself) did not notice the typo in
> Arnold's "original broadway case" because they were clued in by the
> preceding "broadway".  But that many did notice my typo because there
> was no informing context preceding it.  For example, I could have
> been talking about doctors analyzing casts.
>
> Joel
>
> >Do you also have five alternative analyses of the casts of those who
> >read the typo and don't notice it (understanding the message as
> intended)?
>
>
>

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