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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink19•15 days agoFunctional illiteracy is a different measure than illiteracy. You are talking about functional illiteracy, and proved such with your examples. It’s a fairly important distinction tbh.
minus-squareLizlinkfedilinkEnglish12•15 days agoIsn’t part of the US illiterate population perfectly literate in a language other than English?
minus-squareLizlinkfedilinkEnglish1•15 days agoIsn’t part of the US illiterate population perfectly literate in a language other than English?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-214 days agoNo, unless it specifies that they’re illiterate in English. Otherwise, everyone is illiterate since they can’t read every single language on Earth.
Functional illiteracy is a different measure than illiteracy. You are talking about functional illiteracy, and proved such with your examples.
It’s a fairly important distinction tbh.
Isn’t part of the US illiterate population perfectly literate in a language other than English?
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Reading comprehension issue, typical American
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Isn’t part of the US illiterate population perfectly literate in a language other than English?
No, unless it specifies that they’re illiterate in English. Otherwise, everyone is illiterate since they can’t read every single language on Earth.