• @Sylver
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    139 months ago

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

    • @KoalaUnknown
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      79 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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        29 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.