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Pchuang Posted 19 years ago
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how many exactly are they? an odd expression, only in the USA!

0 According to current estimates, the number of functionally illiterate adults is increasing by approximately two and one quarter million persons each year. 02br
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00two and one quarter million?02br
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001, two million plus one quarter of a million? (2.25 million) most likely.02br
002, two and one quarter (2+1=3) million?02br
003, two or one quarter million? unlikely. 0-
  

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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Pchuang12cite 10According to current estimates, the number of functionally illiterate adults is increasing by approximately two and one quarter million persons each year. two and one quarter million? does it mean: 1, two million plus one quarter of a million?

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  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10Pchuang12cite 10According to current estimates, the number of functionally illiterate adults is increasing by approximately two and one quarter million persons each year.
  • two and one quarter million?
  • does it mean: 1, two million plus one quarter of a million?
  • 25 million) most likely10.
  • 2, two and one quarter (2+1=3) million?
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01cite10Pchuang12cite10According to current estimates, the number of functionally illiterate adults is increasing by approximately two and one quarter million persons each year. two and one quarter million? does it mean: 1, two million plus one quarter of a million? 10(2.25 million) most likely10. 2, two and one quarter (2+1=3) m
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0 usually said: two and *a* quarter 0-
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00I know this is off topic, but where are they coming from? I mean, is that memory flash thing from 01i00Men in Black 02i00being used on 2 million-plus people each year, rendering them unable to remember how to read? How do you increase the number of illiterate adults at that rate? That's ... what... about 1% of the US citize
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00According to current estimates, the number of functionally illiterate adults is increasing by approximately two and one quarter million persons each year. This number includes nearly 1 million young people who drop out of school before graduation, 400,000 legal immigrants, 100,000 refugees, and 800,000 illegal immigrants, and 20 % of all

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