▲ 1083 ▼ New Study: 54% of American Adults Read Below 6th Grade-Levels (i.redd.it) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by zoe@lemm.ee to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world 362 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmit.online/post/1006130 This is an automated archive made by the Lemmit Bot. The original was posted on /r/aboringdystopia by /u/Last_Salad_5080 on 2023-10-03 14:21:04. https://medium.com/@chrisjeffrieshomelessromantic/new-study-54-of-american-adults-read-below-6th-grade-levels-70031328fda9
[–] PM_ME_FEET_PICS@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (3 children) The hyphen goes between grade and levels. Confidently incorrect. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] jaybone@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) How is the feet pics thing working out for you? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PM_ME_FEET_PICS@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago Quite a few pictures. Most of them troll pictures. permalink fedilink source parent [–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) All that does is make it extremely poorly written because of "sixth" followed by a compound noun instead of the misplaced hyphenation for a compound adjective. What you basically just said is "it's not grammatically incorrect in that way, it's even more grammatically incorrect to the point of being nonsensical in this other, more abstruse way." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) 6th-grade levels It's not that hard permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) No shit. I was explaining to the person that thinks it should be "6th grade-levels" that would be even more nonsensical and grammatically incorrect. For someone that seems to be critical of writing errors, you're shockingly bad at reading comprehension. All you are doing is quite literally repeating the sentiment of the initial comment in this thread. It's not that hard. permalink fedilink source parent [–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* (1 child) You hyphenate the words acting as an adjective, I e. Two-gun kid, not two gun-kid permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) One might also hyphenate compound nouns. Depending on context, "two gun-kids" could be correct--though it seems unlikely. Also, in this case you should use e.g. (not i.e.). No big deal though, I knew what you meant. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) How is the feet pics thing working out for you? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PM_ME_FEET_PICS@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago Quite a few pictures. Most of them troll pictures. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PM_ME_FEET_PICS@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago Quite a few pictures. Most of them troll pictures. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) All that does is make it extremely poorly written because of "sixth" followed by a compound noun instead of the misplaced hyphenation for a compound adjective. What you basically just said is "it's not grammatically incorrect in that way, it's even more grammatically incorrect to the point of being nonsensical in this other, more abstruse way." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) 6th-grade levels It's not that hard permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) No shit. I was explaining to the person that thinks it should be "6th grade-levels" that would be even more nonsensical and grammatically incorrect. For someone that seems to be critical of writing errors, you're shockingly bad at reading comprehension. All you are doing is quite literally repeating the sentiment of the initial comment in this thread. It's not that hard. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) 6th-grade levels It's not that hard permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) No shit. I was explaining to the person that thinks it should be "6th grade-levels" that would be even more nonsensical and grammatically incorrect. For someone that seems to be critical of writing errors, you're shockingly bad at reading comprehension. All you are doing is quite literally repeating the sentiment of the initial comment in this thread. It's not that hard. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) No shit. I was explaining to the person that thinks it should be "6th grade-levels" that would be even more nonsensical and grammatically incorrect. For someone that seems to be critical of writing errors, you're shockingly bad at reading comprehension. All you are doing is quite literally repeating the sentiment of the initial comment in this thread. It's not that hard. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* (1 child) You hyphenate the words acting as an adjective, I e. Two-gun kid, not two gun-kid permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) One might also hyphenate compound nouns. Depending on context, "two gun-kids" could be correct--though it seems unlikely. Also, in this case you should use e.g. (not i.e.). No big deal though, I knew what you meant. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) One might also hyphenate compound nouns. Depending on context, "two gun-kids" could be correct--though it seems unlikely. Also, in this case you should use e.g. (not i.e.). No big deal though, I knew what you meant. permalink fedilink source parent
