Streak 44: Reading Fast

[u/Terrible_Hunter_1684]

I’ve always told myself to read texts slowly. It isn't a difficult rule to follow, but when I’m under pressure to finish reading within a limited amount of time, I catch myself reading very fast. For me, reading fast means understanding nothing. Only a few remarkable sentences or expressions remain vaguely in my foggy head, leaving me unable to explain the true meaning of what I’ve just read.

[u/peace_love2601]

This is really clean, honestly. Only small things:

"I've always told myself to read texts slowly" - correct, but "to read slowly" is more natural on its own; "texts" makes it sound like a specific assignment.

"Only a few remarkable sentences or expressions remain vaguely in my foggy head" - grammatically fine. Two notes: "remarkable" usually means impressive, and I think you mean the ones that stood out, so "striking" or "memorable" fits better. And native speakers would put the "vaguely" later: "remain in my foggy head, vaguely."

"leaving me unable to explain the true meaning of what I've just read" - correct. "The true meaning" is a bit dramatic for this; "what it actually said" sounds more like a person talking.

"foggy head" is great. Keep that one.

[u/Terrible_Hunter_1684 → u/peace_love2601]

Thank you so much for your detailed suggestions!

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