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by eloff 3854 days ago
The vast majority of adults can't read English well? Let's get real here, that's not even close to the truth.
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Out of curiosity, what makes you believe that? I live in America, and your claim sounds somewhat bizarre.
You meant to reply to the parent right? Just look at the published studies on the topic. One can argue for roughly 20% functionally illiterate easily, any higher and its really just speculation. Certainly far from a "vast majority"
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