Why does the brain skip over repeated “the” words in sentences?

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For example, in this sentence by the the time you are done reading you will have already skipped over the double “the”.

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Anonymous 0 Comments

Not just “the.” It’s a matter of expectations. Having spent a lot of time editing, I am more sensitive to such things, and get annoyed at the number of mistakes that slip through in printed texts. But if you’re not an editor of proof-reader, you are probably reading just for meaning, not with as tuned an eye for such things. That’s why.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Not just “the.” It’s a matter of expectations. Having spent a lot of time editing, I am more sensitive to such things, and get annoyed at the number of mistakes that slip through in printed texts. But if you’re not an editor of proof-reader, you are probably reading just for meaning, not with as tuned an eye for such things. That’s why.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Everyone doesn’t read this way but some people do. I do. It’s a form of speed reading. You don’t need to read all words in a sentence/paragraph/page to fully comprehend. Some people learn that quickly and are able to speed read.

Sometimes when I’m reading aloud to my classroom and I’m interested in the story, the kids catch me skipping over words and sometimes even replacing words. Words that aren’t important to comprehend and understand the text.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Everyone doesn’t read this way but some people do. I do. It’s a form of speed reading. You don’t need to read all words in a sentence/paragraph/page to fully comprehend. Some people learn that quickly and are able to speed read.

Sometimes when I’m reading aloud to my classroom and I’m interested in the story, the kids catch me skipping over words and sometimes even replacing words. Words that aren’t important to comprehend and understand the text.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Everyone doesn’t read this way but some people do. I do. It’s a form of speed reading. You don’t need to read all words in a sentence/paragraph/page to fully comprehend. Some people learn that quickly and are able to speed read.

Sometimes when I’m reading aloud to my classroom and I’m interested in the story, the kids catch me skipping over words and sometimes even replacing words. Words that aren’t important to comprehend and understand the text.