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offbeatbassline
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Registered: Feb 2003
Location: Toronto, Canada

Quick Eye Exam for English-speaking TAs (this is awesome!)

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

How many did you count?

Okay, scroll down...

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There are SIX letter F's in the text. Yes, really! Look again!

Jun-29-2003 03:43

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mto
Hip-Hop

Registered: Mar 2003
Location: FL, USA

... its because most English-speaking people when reading English literature or anything written in English language tend to skip fully reading the connecting particles. Words such as 'the', 'and', and in this case 'of.'

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robbyradz
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Registered: Jul 2002
Location: .new.york.city.

I was totally off... i saw 3... the of's really caught me offguard.

Jun-29-2003 04:30 United States

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Clyde77
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Registered: Jul 2001
Location: Guam

ahahha good one. took me 5 minutes to just find them all! lol.

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Wretched
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Registered: May 2003
Location: Oregon, USA

SIX!

Three, but then I double checked and caught the of's.

Jun-29-2003 04:57 United States

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Konijn
Subverting Paradigms

Registered: Feb 2003
Location: New York City

counted 5 even tho i've seen tests like these before and knew what to look for lol

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Shudder
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Registered: Sep 2000
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yup there are 6 F's. pretty hard to notice all at first but really intereting stuff. took me 3 times to find all 6

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24K
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Registered: Mar 2002
Location: Gangcouver, B.C.

I saw 4 the first time,,, haha now I feel dumb

Jun-29-2003 05:43 Canada

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stamper
The Accountant

Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Adelaide, AUSTRALIA

haha...cool i counted 4!
man thats freaky!

Jun-29-2003 06:30 Australia

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AnGeLicK
Immortalis

Registered: Dec 2000
Location: Planet Invol<3er

i didn't even look at the of's

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Sid
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Registered: Oct 2001
Location: Sydney, Australia

The "ofs" also caught me out !

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Cyberwoo
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Registered: Jun 2002
Location: Portland, Oregon (USA)

Damn. I fell for it too. Nice one.

Jun-29-2003 09:31 United States

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