in order to spread my words and give me time to review single lists which I need to study for the present use and exams I used the "save me" button in "my words" twice. could I go on using this button if my reviews get over 1000 or will this seriously damage the srs-feature?

Yes, if you keep delaying things and can freely push back until a later time then it's defeating the point of using SRS. Why don't you just focus on your single lists and just let your other reviews pile up?

its a question of time. i am already spending two hours a day.

I'd say don't worry about the number of reviews and don't use the save me feature. You can catch up on reviews sometime when you have more time. I remember once I had over 4000 reviews, but cleared it in about a week and got my daily reviews under control in about a month.

what I have done to get the high number of reviews is this: I went to study a single list that had not been added yet.

thanks to both of you and I think both of your suggestions might work. so I will keep adding quickly by study single (not yet added lists) and then do the job and keep buggering on for weeks......... month...

thanks!

If you're studying for two hours a day, I don't think you will need to worry that much. You'll get through outstanding reviews very quickly. I doubt there's any course of study that introduces too many words to be memorized in two hours of SRS a day.

:) thanks for the optimistic outlook. but I have to be honest. i have passed my brains prime time plus there are sometimes 30 plus new words a day ...

today it wasnt too bad. in 2 hours I got from 1100 reviews down to 600.

and for the first time I have tried the scratchpad. wil see if I will constantly use it.