Maria's Day by John Zakour and Scott Roberts for November 17, 2012

Is it “Looks like you’re lucky” or “Looks like you got lucky”? And how did this get past proofreading?

We’re missing the word “okay” in there. I would have read this a million times and not noticed.

There’s an old perception/proofreading test that involves repeating words on either side of a line break. Some 80% of people who read the text miss the repeated (or in this case missing) word.

I find having my mac read back to me helps a lot be we can’t do that with graphics.

He a word.

My mind skipped the “you’re” and read it as “Looks like you got lucky.”

The danger of always being too close to deadline.

That and look before you leap Maria.