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  • A correct use of the term "post-literate" has to do with the fact that a great many educated adults are a-literate - that is, they can read but choose not to.

    Criticizing the person versus criticizing the idea Clark Aldrich 2005

  • "I'll be helping with strategies and the specifics to support that struggling reader or that an a-literate student who is not interested in reading text."

    WBKO - HomePage - Headlines 2010

  • Americans who are seen not as illiterate, but "a-literate".

    Latest Articles The Trinidad 2010

  • "Regrettably in South Africa, and elsewhere, there is a growing number of a-literate people, people who can read and write but who don't read.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2001

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