Mark Jones wrote:
> THE JOY OF
> SALES RESISTANCE
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> Dear Reader,
> This is a book about sales resistance.
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> VII Literacy does not involve knowing the meanings of words, or learning
> grammar, or reading books.
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Literacy (however defined) certainly does *not* involve learning grammar. For almost three centuries the purpose of studying grammar has been to make a travesty of literacy.
Literacy *need* not involve reading books though, at the present time, it *probably* does. Any definition of literacy that treats Homer or Leadbelly as lacking literacy is itself lacking.
"Learning the meaning of words" is simply not very intelligible standing by itself.
Carrol