@[email protected]M to Confidently [email protected] • 11 months agoI doubt that, but ok.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up11.03Karrow-down148
arrow-up1983arrow-down1imageI doubt that, but ok.lemmy.world@[email protected]M to Confidently [email protected] • 11 months agomessage-square77fedilink
minus-squaresubstilllinkfedilink26•11 months agoMy five year old’s Fancy Nancy books are more than 19 pages.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•11 months agoLess words per page though, and less confusing language.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish25•11 months agoTrue, we need to rewrite the US constitution as a kids picture book with appropriate language so that the 54% of American adults with a reading comprehension below 6th grade can keep up.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink21•11 months agoThat’s a startling number. It goes far towards explaining some of the responses my comments get.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•11 months agoWe couldn’t possibly agree on how the terminology in the original translates into plain language. We can’t agree on what it means in the first place, even the most obvious plainly worded things.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•11 months agoNot that I’m trying to refute this in any way, but why include 16 and 17 year olds in adults?
My five year old’s Fancy Nancy books are more than 19 pages.
Less words per page though, and less confusing language.
True, we need to rewrite the US constitution as a kids picture book with appropriate language so that the 54% of American adults with a reading comprehension below 6th grade can keep up.
That’s a startling number. It goes far towards explaining some of the responses my comments get.
That… answers a lot of questions
We couldn’t possibly agree on how the terminology in the original translates into plain language. We can’t agree on what it means in the first place, even the most obvious plainly worded things.
Not that I’m trying to refute this in any way, but why include 16 and 17 year olds in adults?