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.

    • tomkatt@lemmy.worldEnglish
      81·
      4 months ago

      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.