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Ask HN: Do you have trouble finishing reading a paragraph if there's a typo?
I know I have OCD, and I tend to restart paragraphs when I get distracted before reading to the end of them. This is a terrible habit in a world of constant distraction. But once in awhile I find that I've re-read the same paragraph in an article half a dozen times while bouncing between tasks, and only on the sixth reading do I realize it contains a spelling error right at the point where I kept losing it.
I've started to give myself permission to skip re-reading anything that has a known error, just to get around the problem.
- dalmo3 5y ago> But once in awhile The good news is that you seem to have no trouble finishing writing after a typo. ;)
- noduerme 5y agoStarting a sentence with a preposition isn't a typo, it's a stylistic decision. I can read freakin Hemingway all day without having to set it aside. I'm talking about unforced errors, not judgment calls.