I learned the most amazing fact from Anne Greene's new book "Writing Science in Plain English" — the human retina can only process about 7 letters at a time.
That means you have to focus on longer words twice before you can process them. It's another good reason to use shorter words!
WATCH: https://youtu.be/o3sIlmITE4w
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/greene/transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229
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