This means that people technically know how to read and write, but are unable to understand the most basic written text.
Shoulders sagging, Stewart attested that our country makes it impossible for him to do his most basic job: write jokes.
Use basic writing techniques to write the essay.
Consequently, he handled the most basic functions (writing, eating, etc).
Even she relented, and by the middle of that decade we'd acquired an Amstrad PCW, a computer that was only capable of performing the most basic letter-writing.
It is estimated that, in the U.S. at least 40 million adults have below average literacy skills (< 5th grade reading level), and may be unable to read or understand basic written information that most people take for granted [ 11].
At the most basic level, a written poem has to create its own music through the use of words alone.
"The Constitution's most basic objective," he writes, is "the creation of a single nation," a goal it advances "by creating political institutions strong enough to permit the 'people' to govern themselves".
"As a citizen, asking for the legitimate rights and interests of your family to be protected is the most basic requirement," they write, warning: "He who plays with fire will get burnt.
The new application form – which has been advertised in all prisons — includes pictures and simpler language so that prisoners with even the most basic reading and writing skills can complete it.
