I find having the Microsoft Reading Robot read to me a super effective way of making sure my stuff is as good as it can be before I send it out to anybody else to review.

I made a little video on how you can set up your copy of Microsoft Word to use the Microsoft Reading Robot:

How to turn on the "speak" command in Microsoft Word 2010 or whatever.

When you have your work read to you, your listening brain will catch things your reading brain can’t.