Studies have shown that when we read, our eyes must make small
stops along the line. Poor readers make many, many more fixations (eyestops)
than good readers. Not only does this slow you down, but it inhibits
comprehension because meaning is easier to pull from groups of words rather than
from individual words or even single letters. Try to read in phrases of three or
four words, especially in complete clauses and prepositional phrases. Your mind
may internalize them as if the whole phrase is like one big meaning-rich word.
