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Free online speed reading software | Spreeder.com. Spreeder is a free service provided by 7-Speed-ReadingTM. If you like this site, please have a look at our powerful 7 Speed Reading Software. Spreeder.com is a free online speed reading software designed to improve your reading speed and comprehension. Spreeder is an online speed reading utility to help train you to read faster.

It does this by flashing words at a rapid rate, which helps in three ways: Reduce subvocalization Increase chunk comprehension Eliminate backreading You can read more about it here. To read more about spreeder's specific settings, a good blog post is here. There are quite a few settings you can play around with to optimize your reading, but the two most important are the wpm and chunk size. 1. When training, set the wpm to multiples of what you're comfortable reading at. 2. Once you start maxing out on how fast you can go in wpm's, another variable you'll want to toggle is the chunk size. The Fantastic in Art and Fiction. 20 Common Grammar Mistakes That (Almost) Everyone Makes. I’ve edited a monthly magazine for more than six years, and it’s a job that’s come with more frustration than reward. If there’s one thing I am grateful for — and it sure isn’t the pay — it’s that my work has allowed endless time to hone my craft to Louis Skolnick levels of grammar geekery.

As someone who slings red ink for a living, let me tell you: grammar is an ultra-micro component in the larger picture; it lies somewhere in the final steps of the editing trail; and as such it’s an overrated quasi-irrelevancy in the creative process, perpetuated into importance primarily by bitter nerds who accumulate tweed jackets and crippling inferiority complexes.

But experience has also taught me that readers, for better or worse, will approach your work with a jaundiced eye and an itch to judge. While your grammar shouldn’t be a reflection of your creative powers or writing abilities, let’s face it — it usually is. Who and Whom This one opens a big can of worms. Which and That Lay and Lie Moot Nor. The Book Seer | What should I read next. Share Book Recommendations With Your Friends, Join Book Clubs, Answer Trivia.