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minus-squarelurch (he/him)linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·9 months agoi’m not a native speaker, but i think theres an E missing in the long V-word. also, why is there a white line between tge Es in “NEEDS”? this is so confusing
minus-squareSylver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·9 months agoSometimes native English speakers are less fluent than second-hand speakers of English
minus-squareKoalaUnknown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 months agoThere is a shockingly high number of Americans whose first language is English but cannot read or write.
minus-squareThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoYeah something like >50% of adults read at less than a 6th grade level. It’s part of why a lot of news articles are dumbed down so these people can comprehend them.
minus-squareSuperDuper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·9 months agoYou are correct about the word volunteering. I have no clue what’s up with the white line, though.
minus-squaredeathmetal27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoThis is just a guess, but I think the original author wrote NBEDS instead of NEEDS and fixed it after the fact by covering the right most edge of the B.
i’m not a native speaker, but i think theres an E missing in the long V-word.
also, why is there a white line between tge Es in “NEEDS”?
this is so confusing
Sometimes native English speakers are less fluent than second-hand speakers of English
There is a shockingly high number of Americans whose first language is English but cannot read or write.
Yeah something like >50% of adults read at less than a 6th grade level.
It’s part of why a lot of news articles are dumbed down so these people can comprehend them.
You are correct about the word volunteering.
I have no clue what’s up with the white line, though.
This is just a guess, but I think the original author wrote NBEDS instead of NEEDS and fixed it after the fact by covering the right most edge of the B.