illiterate

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• teach: House rules » Advanced search » BACK Member Cafe 10 replies Self taught computer illiterate would appreciate advice.
• leave: There is no excuse for people leaving school illiterate.

Adjective modifier

• economic: For years, economic illiterates have been claiming that it would, supposedly by improving the ratio of working people to retirees.
• functional: No functional illiterates; no stoners; no trenchcoat mafia.

Modifies a noun

• peasant: The illiterate Bolivian peasants were able to vote for the first time.
• laborer: John Peter Altgeld, the son of a illiterate farm laborer, was born in Hesse, Germany on 30th December, 1847.
• farmer: There are illiterate poppy farmers in the mountains of Afghanistan less reliant on the worldwide heroin trade than the BBC is reliant on Teletubbies.
• adult: The report notes also that there are 877 million illiterate adults, mainly in the poor countries of the world.
• mass: Governments have made use of the Moslem pulpit to broadcast useful information to the illiterate masses.
• population: He explains why Marxism holds such appeal to a widely illiterate population.

Modifying Another Word

• functionally: We have left our people functionally illiterate in using the Bible.
• biblically: Martin's approach doubtless appeals to many who are struggling to preach the gospel to a biblically illiterate culture.
• scientifically: In a scientifically illiterate media there is no room for critical appraisal of evidence.
• musically: In order to learn new pieces, children who are musically illiterate depend on being shown what to do hearing others perform.
• economically: He is economically illiterate - unfortunately the majority of policymakers are.
• statistically: If journalists are statistically illiterate, papers aren't recruiting enough from the sciences.

Noun used with modifier

• computer: Note 49 Is it useful to test systems against hackers the way new software is tested against computer illiterates?
• adult: Some years ago, although not a professional teacher, my wife used to help in classes run by the LCC for adult illiterates.

Used with adjective complement

• remain: Some 770 million people over the age of 15 remain illiterate.
• become: When it comes to reading the world we have become illiterate.