Spelling Mistakes in a Text Are Either "Nonword Errors" or "Word

question 18

Multiple Choice

Spelling mistakes in a text are either "nonword errors" or "word errors." A nonword error produces a string of letters that is not a word, such as "the" typed as "teh." Word errors produce the wrong word, such as "loose" typed as "lose." Nonword errors make up 25% of all errors. A human proofreader will catch 80% of nonword errors and 50% of word errors. What percent of errors will the proofreader catch?

• A)20%
• B)37.5%
• C)57.5%
• D)80%

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