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    The Census Bureau conducted a study to determine English literacy rates in the United States. It administered tests to 3,400 adults, finding the illiteracy rate was 9% for native English speakers and 48% for those whose native language wasn't English. For native English speakers who failed, 70% had not completed high school. The study had a sampling error of 1-2 percentage points.

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    The Census Bureau conducted a study to determine English literacy rates in the United States. It administered tests to 3,400 adults, finding the illiteracy rate was 9% for native English speakers and 48% for those whose native language wasn't English. For native English speakers who failed, 70% had not completed high school. The study had a sampling error of 1-2 percentage points.

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    The Census Bureau conducted a study to determine English literacy rates in the United States. It administered tests to 3,400 adults, finding the illiteracy rate was 9% for native English speakers and 48% for those whose native language wasn't English. For native English speakers who failed, 70% had not completed high school. The study had a sampling error of 1-2 percentage points.

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    EXERCISE NO :1
    TITLE OF THE EXERCISE : WRITING LEAD

    The Census Bureau issued a report today concerning the problem of illiteracy. The Census

    Bureau set out to determine how many people currently living in the United States are literate or

    illiterate in the English language. It administered literacy tests to 3,400 adults in the United

    States. It found the illiteracy rate for adult Americans whose native language is English is 9%.

    For adults whose native language is not English, the illiteracy rate climbed to 48%. A large

    portion of those people are, by their own account, probably literate in their native language,

    according to the study. Of the native English speakers who failed the test, 70% had not finished

    high school. The test has a sampling error of 1 to 2 percentage points.

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    EXERCISE NO : 1
    TITLE OF THE EXERCISE : WRITING LEAD

    The Census Bureau set out to determine the literacy rate in English language in the United

    States. It shows that adults who’s native is not English has higher illiteracy rate than natives.

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