Reply to post: Re: Proof reader

Pizza and beer night out the window, hours trying to sort issue, then a fresh pair of eyes says 'See, the problem is...'

Caver_Dave Silver badge
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Re: Proof reader

I use a Chinese guy for reviewing my certification documents. Having grown up with a different character set, he seems to find mistakes that those more familiar with the character set miss.

It apparently is all to do with the skill we learn as children, to read the whole word as one rather than individual letters, which makes us so bad at spotting transposition or even missing letters.

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