F-factor
Q: The following recently made its way into the Â鶹´«Ã½office…
Please read this sentence and count the Fs:
FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE-
SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIF-
IC STUDY COMBINED WITH
THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS.
How many did you see? On first reading most people see only three. However,
the answer is actually six. Why is this?
(continued)
A: Your correspondent will be pleased to know that English is my second
language (Taiwanese is my first) and I am due to take maths A-level exams this
summer. My F count on first reading was three, and it…
