Illiterates
noun
noun ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 plural of illiterate form-of, plural
Example
More examples"In my day oral proficiency was neglected because professors maintained that the purpose of studying a foreign language was to become acquainted with its literature, and not to strike up a conversation with the illiterates who happened to be its native speakers, which leads us to the conclusion that what constitutes a natural sounding sentence may be quite subjective."
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