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		jayro on Nov 30, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How I Ended Up Sleeping on Mike Arrington's Couch Fixed! It's amazing that no matter how carefully I check for mistakes like that I never seem to be able to catch them all.

Shamiq on Nov 30, 2010 [–]

Had an english teacher explain a technique for slowing down enough so that you can catch those mistakes. Read the piece, word by word, in reverse (last word first). Then re-read sentence by sentence in reverse. Paragraphs, etc.

charrington on Nov 30, 2010 | [–]

hard really is backwards reading

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