• lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    9 months ago

    i’m not a native speaker, but i think theres an E missing in the long V-word.

    also, why is there a white line between tge Es in “NEEDS”?

    this is so confusing

    • SuperDuper@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      You are correct about the word volunteering.

      I have no clue what’s up with the white line, though.

      • deathmetal27@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        9 months ago

        This is just a guess, but I think the original author wrote NBEDS instead of NEEDS and fixed it after the fact by covering the right most edge of the B.

    • Sylver@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Sometimes native English speakers are less fluent than second-hand speakers of English

      • KoalaUnknown@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        9 months ago

        There is a shockingly high number of Americans whose first language is English but cannot read or write.

        • ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          9 months ago

          Yeah something like >50% of adults read at less than a 6th grade level.

          It’s part of why a lot of news articles are dumbed down so these people can comprehend them.