On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 22:22:22 -0400, Andrew Dunbar <hippietrail@...>
wrote:

[not sure who]

>> > However, I think these subliteracies are way-off topic.

> I thought "subliteracy" was an uncountable noun which had no plural.

Indeed, as commonly used. I use it as a plural in notes to myself to refer
to instances of subliteracy. As to the term, itself, it seems appropriate
to describe a level of ability that is literate enough to be generally
understood, but also showing enough departures from true literacy to be
distracting and maybe annoying, suggesting a significantly-flawed
education.

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The curious hermit -- autodidact and polymath
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