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Has anyone else noticed a sudden lack of reading comprehension skills?
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this post was submitted on 22 Aug 2023
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I definitely see some clear "this is not their first language" posts, but I don't see a lot of overlap with the semi-literate stuff. They'll usually be pretty close with a missed idiom here or there, an uncommon word that's a slightly odd translation, or have some awkward habit on structure that's pretty consistent but just not quite right in English.
The "can't read" people are all over the place, without coherent structure, and just pull random interpretations out of thin air.
pretty much every time I see someone end a post with "sorry english isn't my first language" the writing was native-grade and I'd have never guessed