Far more adults in the United States are functionally illiterate than you may realize. 54% of US adults have a literacy rate below a 6th-grade level, and about 43 million are functionally illiterate. Being functionally illiterate doesn’t mean you don’t know how to read at all. It means you have a literacy rate that makes …
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35 Funny Signs That Are Worth Turning The Car Around to Read
Signs are everywhere, and I’m not talking about the ones in that M Night Shyamalan movie! We rely on well-placed, easily understandable signage to function every day. I guarantee none of us could go anywhere if we didn’t have some sign that controlled the flow of people. We’ve had signs since ancient times, and they’re …
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30 Typing Errors We Don’t Want Autocorrect To Fix
Remember the 5th grade spelling bee? I do. I was up to bat, and the pressure was on. The stage lights were beating on me, and sweat began to form on my brow. I looked out to the judge’s table to see Mrs. Appleby, my vicious language arts teacher, already scowling. She had it out …
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Amusing Thread Outlines All the Secondhand Steals You Can Get Online With Misspellings
Online marketplaces are some of the greatest insights we can get into the contemporary human condition. The amount of sociological studies that could be conducted on Craigslist is no joke. There’s something about offering or seeking goods and services that brings out something revealing in even the most reserved of people, including their willingness (or …
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15+ Wild Typos That Truly Boggle the Mind
Literacy isn’t an easy skill to have, especially when it comes to the English language. Even the accomplished writer can get confused with all the dumb rules that it seems to have. At the same time, many of us nowadays use text as one of our primary forms of communication. When most of us have …
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Hilarious Spelling Fails That Highlight the Power of Proofreading
It’s easy to write something and never go back to edit it. After all, there are only so many hours in a day to get things done, and in many jobs, if you throw something onto the page, often nobody will clock your errors. No matter your job, it’s usually a good idea to know …
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Nonsensical Typing Mishaps That Are as Amusing as They Are Strange
If you really think about it, typing is an accomplished skill. Most of us couldn’t muster up this kind of speed and coordination in other physical pursuits, yet we spend so much time attached to various keyboards these days that we’ve just got used to it. However, this doesn’t mean that we’re all perfect typists. …
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Hilarious Spelling Fails That Prove The Power of Proofreading
It’s easy to write something and never go back to edit it. After all, there are only so many hours in a day to get things done, and in many jobs, if you throw something onto the page, often nobody will clock your errors. No matter your job, it’s usually a good idea to know …
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20+ Times Keyboards Were Artistic Mediums Instead of Communication Devices
Yes, they’re infuriating, and yes, they can sometimes be hard to understand, but there’s something almost beautiful about the humble typo. The ways in which language can be mangled by clumsy fingers or overzealous autocorrect can be breathtaking in its unintentional creativity. It’s like some kind of postmodern poem. Best of all, though, is the …
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Mom Does Humorous Readings Of Daughter’s Semi-Literate Stories
You’ve got to hand it to kids; their creativity is unmatched. Free from the trappings of adult societal expectations, the 9 to 5 grind, and logic, they can come up with the kind of weird and wonderful tales that Pulitzer winners wish they could write. However, while they’re great with imagination, their execution of this …
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