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Readers employing digital lateral reading can take advantage of the volume of information on the Internet to check the credibility of an author’s claims.

They can utilize Internet browser tools that help review many sites simultaneously.

Many people and companies currently use this reading strategy because it allows them to more easily cross-check data, distinguish opinions from facts, and evaluate claims efficiently.

Readers employing digital lateral reading can take advantage of the volume of information on the Internet to check the credibility of an author’s claims.

employing digital lateral reading은 Readers를 수식하는 현재분사구이다.

to check the credibility of an author’s claims는 ‘저자의 주장의 신뢰성을 확인하기 위해서’라는 뜻의 to부정사구로, 목적을 나타낸다.

Many people and companies currently use this reading strategy because it allows them to more easily cross-check data, distinguish opinions from facts, and evaluate claims efficiently.

because로 시작하는 종속절에서, 「allow + 목적어 + to부정사구」 구조가 쓰이고 있다. more easily cross-check data, distinguish opinions from facts, evaluate claims efficiently가 접속사 and로 연결되어 to에 이어진다.