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minus-squareSylver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoSometimes native English speakers are less fluent than second-hand speakers of English
minus-squareKoalaUnknown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoThere is a shockingly high number of Americans whose first language is English but cannot read or write.
minus-squareThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year 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-up11·1 year agoYou are correct about the word volunteering. I have no clue what’s up with the white line, though.
minus-squaredeathmetal27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year 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.
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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.