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Of the people out there, what percentage do you think has a good understanding of the English language?

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What percentage do you think has an adequate understanding of English syntax, punctuation, and spelling?

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  1. I'd say about seventy percent have it adequately and the others just don't care to be proper with their usage of this language.


  2. How is one to determine this? What do you mean by "understanding"? From your question, it seems you are wondering how many can actually write grammatically correct sentences with correct punctuation and spelling. Judging from this Q & A, not many. However, you seem to be doing all right. I want to shiver sometimes when I read comments from someone who says he or she is a graduate student and who starts a sentence with "Me and my boyfriend".  I know English teachers who do not know the difference between "there" and "their". Scary.  

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