16 Dec 2005

English as she spake...

The business of live and let die

Dubya-speak : “No advances made in adult literacy” study says, “1 in 20 U.S. adults not literate in English” …About one in 20 adults in the U.S. is not literate in English, meaning 11 million people lack the skills to handle many everyday tasks, a federal study shows. From 1992 to 2003, adults made no progress in their ability to read sentences and paragraphs or understand other printed material such as bus schedules or prescription labels…

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