09-14-2003, 06:44 PM
I'll throw in another guess, and say it might have something to do with how much you read. If you read a lot of material, you'll pretty quickly gain the ability to scan through large amounts of text and unmask its meaning. I often find myself having read through a passage understanding the main point without picking up on the small details. In this case, the "small details" might be the spelling of the words, which is why I was able to read through it in one pass.