Complex sentence: This characteristic, it is thought, may result in faster reading speeds as fluent readers recognize word-shapes or word-outlines and do not sound out individual letters to figure out a word for the overwhelming majority of words they read.
Split into simpler sentences: This characteristic, it is thought, may result in faster reading speeds as fluent readers recognize word-shapes or word-outlines. They do not sound out individual letters to figure out a word for the overwhelming majority of words they read.