Take the grammar gimme as soon as you see it. Flag the long rhetorical item and come back. Passage order is in English passage strategy.
Underline, then decide: rule or judgment
Comma, agreement, and apostrophe items are fast if you know the rule. Writer's-goal and add/delete items need more of the paragraph. Read the full sentence either way, in read the full sentence.
Two-pass as a habit is in the two-pass method. Flagging is in flagging questions.
The bottom line
Bank the rule items. Park the paragraph-judgment items for pass two.
Start practicing
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