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11
Jan
2008
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Is you illiterate two?

Can you spot the problem with this advertisement? I came across this ad while using gmail:

www.EDIn08.com - 70% of 8th Graders Can’t Read at Grade Level. And Won’t Catch Up.

Don’t get me wrong–the problem this advertisement addresses is real. Seriously, though, am I supposed to take this advocacy group seriously if they don’t know how to compose grammatically complete sentences?

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Posted by Adam @ 12:54 pm. Filed under Links.

2 comments »

1
hi writes
at 5:17 am on January 19, 2008 #

It should be “Seventy percent of eighth graders can’t read at grade level and won’t catch up.”

2
Theodwulf exclaims
at 7:04 am on January 22, 2008 #

They’re doing it for effect. They mean the period to indicate a dramatic pause, to emphasize the second “sentence.” It isn’t legitimate, but they’re hardly the first to use that trick.

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