> Wow! This is so similar to a common copyeditor's trick. You 
> read the page forward for content. Then you scan it backwards 
> to proof. That throws it just enough out of context that you 
> can easily see see what's really there, not what your eye 
> expects to see.

Another good one is to read the piece out loud, either to yourself or to
someone else, and have the other person read it back to you. It helps a
lot with rhythm, sentence structure and composition. I used to do it
with my friends in college.

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