• LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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      21 days ago

      What portion of that 21% considered illiterate are actually literate, but just not in English. I’m sure there are many who grew up in other countries and moved here but never bothered properly learning English. Like that would be like saying 1 in 5 people cannot use a phone, because surely they have to be able to read to know how to sign in to websites and search things, and I find it hard to believe that many Americans can’t use a cell phone