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Author Topic: Master Orator Barack Ubama’s State Of The Union Speech Registers At An 8th Grade Reading Level [Locked]
Allmightybob_MLF  2 stars
Title: Occult Amuck
Posts: 334
Registered: 2004-3-22 23:15:57
If this speech had a higher reading level he would have been accused of being aloft elitist who's out of touch with the average American. This is simply superficial and petty nitpicking.
Caledric  4 stars
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Registered: 2001-12-22 07:59:39
So you're saying he was 8 grades above Dubya's reading ability?

 

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Onslaught.  4 stars
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Registered: 2001-2-13 13:46:37
That's cool because I have statistics here that show that the American public has a 3rd grade understanding of statistics.

 

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regulator_cracka  4 stars
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Hence why cumbat could not understand it.


I realize formal education is above most here, but look up any professional, technical, or high school english [writing] class, they all recommend writing at an 8th grade level for best comprehension.


Yep, facts are now in the way.

 

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Hawkson  4 stars
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Registered: 2001-10-23 22:57:09
Onslaught. posted:

That's cool because I have statistics here that show that the American public has a 3rd grade understanding of statistics.



Well, my statistics show that statistics are statistics, and that statistics often show statistics.

 

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Hyperimiator  3 stars
Title: Maximus Probus
Posts: 840
Registered: 2001-7-20 18:55:36
I assume you geniuses know that 8th grade level is the reading comprehension level for US military publications now, as well as new govt publications.

I know this because I actually wrote a para in an audit I did of a govt entity and was cited at the 19.2 grade level for its complexity, which is now a bad thing.

Seems only Obama and myself are up to date while the rest of you don't have a clue, as usual I might add.

Pathetic is the word your looking for as to your own level of understanding.

 

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combat_mage_sc  4 stars
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Registered: 2001-7-20 21:19:21
Affected!


 

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combat_mage_sc posted:

Affected!






We mad.

 

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myxomatosis8  3 stars
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Registered: 2001-7-14 23:45:21
Jennifer_the_Great posted:

Sixty seven other speeches. I'm more interested to see the curve, to judge whether or not the country as a whole is just getting stupider or if there were a few speeches that the populace just didn't 'get'.



Can I kiss you for not spelling it "populous" like most people on ACF?

 

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pop u lus


 

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