Typos Are Not The End Of The World

This may be heresy to some, but a few typos here and there are not the end of the world. I know most people use a spell-checker and their intention is to have  blog posts, emails,  and documents that are free of misspellings and grammatical errors.

I believe intention counts. And, if the typo doesn't change the meaning of the message, I say get a life! The goal is to strive for typo- free communications but sometimes typos happen. It does not mean the owner of the error is a slovenly fool.

The good news, it seems that we don't really need accurate spelling. I originally found this passage in Engaging the Hearts and Minds of All Your Employees. It was also posted on The Daily Writing Tips Blog

fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too. Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno’t mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghi t pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs forwrad it.

The Daily Writing Tips Blog says only 55 out of 100 people can read it. I think that number is probably closer to 90%. How did you do?