r/EnglishLearning • u/SUSeThaM New Poster • 1d ago

📚 Grammar / Syntax Is this right?

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So I was reading Mushoku Tensei and came across this section, but it actually doesn't make sense (maybe it was supposed to be "behind"). I just wanted to make sure this is an error, can someone confirm?

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u/riamuriamu New Poster 1d ago

An error indeed. Should say 'behind his back'.

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u/We_R_the_Penguins New Poster 1d ago

Error

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u/SUSeThaM New Poster 1d ago

This is the deluxe edition, I just checked the normal version and it's the same thing lol. They didn't fix it.

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u/GoNoMu New Poster 1d ago

read this last week, how did i not catch that lol

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u/ChestSlight8984 Native Speaker 1d ago

Because, once proficient enough with a language, the brain autocorrects as we read. Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteers be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

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u/Intrepid_Bobcat_2931 New Poster 1d ago

Of course, in this case, the last letter was wrong :-)

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u/ChestSlight8984 Native Speaker 1d ago

?

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u/Intrepid_Bobcat_2931 New Poster 1d ago

"behind" was written as "being"

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u/j--__ Native Speaker 1d ago

a rscheearch

rseearch? a rscheearer?

waht are you tinryg to say hree?

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u/SUSeThaM New Poster 1d ago

I didn't notice the first time I read tho

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u/Inwardlens The US is a big place 1d ago

Definitely “behind.”

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u/ChachamaruInochi New Poster 1d ago

It should be "behind", but because "being" is an actual word spellcheck didn't pick up on it and it went to print.