Steven D'Aprano writes:
> spelling or grammatical errors and clumsy writing. *Especially* the
> spelling errors, they have about the same effect on her reading speed as
> a tree trunk lying across a Formula 1 race track.
Spelling errors are a disaster, somehow they stand out like they use
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On 2010-09-20, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> I don't know about how other people speed-read, but I can assure you that
> when my wife speed-reads, she's not just scanning a few words and
> interpolating between them. She can give you a detailed summary of what
> *actually* happened, not just a good
On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 10:29:10 -0400, AK wrote:
> On 09/18/2010 11:28 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
[...]
>> My wife can read scarily fast. It's very something to watch her reading
>> pages as fast as she can turn them, and a few years ago she read the
>> entire Harry Potter series (to date) in one aft
