• @Sylver
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      1311 months ago

      Sometimes native English speakers are less fluent than second-hand speakers of English

      • @KoalaUnknown
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        711 months ago

        There is a shockingly high number of Americans whose first language is English but cannot read or write.

        • @ThatWeirdGuy1001
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          211 months ago

          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.

    • SuperDuper
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      1111 months ago

      You are correct about the word volunteering.

      I have no clue what’s up with the white line, though.

      • @deathmetal27
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        211 months ago

        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.