• Dozzi92@lemmy.world
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      About a third of the illiterates in the US just don’t speak English. They may be literate just fine in their native tongue, but that rate captures English literacy.

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      I’m not saying that that number is wrong per se but it would be better to see a curve based on age brackets

      If for instance 25% of adults are over 90 then it wouldn’t be surprising if they couldn’t read properly. (Not saying that that’s true, just as an example)