The United States has just over 300 million citizens. According to a report published by "USA Today," approximately 87 million Americans have college degrees (29 percent). Approximately how many English-speaking college graduates does India have?
Answer: We had a lot of guesses this week but nobody got within 100 million. Believe it or not, there are 300 million English-speaking college graduates in India, one for every man, woman and child in this country. (Source: Rick O'Sullivan, STC's Intercom Magazine, March 2009.)
Let's assume that you have written some documentation and, when asked about how hard it's going to be for customers to read your text, you reply "a grade level of 8." Simply put, by saying "a grade level of 8," your text should be understood by anyone with an 8th grade education or higher.
Here is this week's trivia: Best-selling writers typically write for which grade level?
The first person to get the answer right will get credit here when we reveal the answer. Got the answer? Email us.