Someone who is sweet, sincere, and honest. Her presence illuminates the room and her smile lightens any atmosphere. She is faithful, but she can also be very fierce in her own ways if taunted. She has a naturally shy personality and value intelligence, family, and tradition. She is also that quiet girl that not many know about, but once someone gets to know her they realize she is amazing. She enjoy reading, playing video games, and eating ice cream.
Semiliterate: An adjective describing the state of being only partially or poorly literate. A semiliterate individual may struggle with reading, but their partial literacy is particularly evident in their writing.
Using slang is not itself a sign of being semiliterate, but knowing only the slang definitions of many words may be.
Consistently using the wrongspelling of similar-sounding words such as "their", "there", and "they're" is another common sign of poor literacy skills.
Perhaps the most frustrating sign of semiliteracy is the use of 'netspeak' or 'txt-speak', wherein the writer abbreviates short and simple words for no reason beyond laziness.
English: This test is crucial to passing because it counts for 25% of my grade.
Semiliterate slang: This test is crucial because it's too hard!"
English: "They're going over there to get their equipment."
Semiliterate misuse: "Their going over their to get their equipment."
English: "Why are you writing like that?"
Semiliterate netspeak: "y r u riten lyke dat??"