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Well, this is quite upsetting to read. (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/justpost@lemmy.world

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More (not so) fun facts:

54% of American adults read below a 6th grade level.

21% read below a 5th grade level, which is considered functionally illiterate.

High immigration numbers don't fully explain it either, as first gen immigrants only make up about 1/3 of those with low literacy.

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[–] tomkatt@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

But there are rules. A semicolon is a pause in text, measured in beats for length of pause

A comma is a single beat generally connecting ideas or items.
An em-dash is a two beats, generally separating an interjection.
A semicolon is three beats and generally connects directly related statements.
And finally, a period is a full stop (four beats), and ends a statement or sentence.

[–] jama211@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

That's what YOU say it is, the problem is there are many different opinions on it.

[–] AgentOrangesicle@lemmy.world 9 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

There they go again putting rules on English. It's like I cand farafadarf on gruekeleypoopers these days.

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 3 points 8 hours ago

you can, just remember to verp the filikosher after the semicolon