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by Tim_M 5722 days ago
Indeed it is not perfect use of the English language but why complain about it or brag that you noticed the mistake? Most people who understand English can read 'txt' as 'text' and 'wrk' as 'work' and if the theory that intelligence is defined by how well you can predict, then you are only bragging the way about the ways you lack intelligence. I have never considered myself as smarter than average but my brain parsed that whole text without error.
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Some people can't read through a spelling or grammar mistake without cringing. I am one of them. I don't know why -- maybe the brain's error-detection techniques work by making me really uncomfortable every time I see one.

Anyway, it has nothing to do with "bragging" when you complain about errors.