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There are no nurses in "other civilized countries"? What about the uncivilized? Do they?
Your functional analphabetism is no concern of mine, but i will take my sentence apart for you:
"But in every other civilized country they , "
I hope this helps.
I don't think that's the part of the sentence that's the issue - I read it the same way as the previous poster, and realise what the problem is. You said:
On first read, it sounded like you're saying "they wouldn't have been able to self-assess something like that", whereas you're actually saying "they wouldn't have needed to self-assess something like that".
Please remember that this is an internet where seemingly half of the Americans we meet are 100% convinced that the US is the only place in the world with cars, electricity, running water, etc. The assertion that the US is the only country with nurses capable of self-assessing injuries totally seems like something that someone would post.
There is quite the distinction between "wouldn't have to be able" (as in "it would not be necessary") and "wouldn't have been able" (as in "incapable of") if you have any sense of grammar. I do make my fair amount of mistakes, as anyone does, and i am no grammar nazi at all, but i have to point out if someones ability to understand what i am saying seems to be lacking.
Like i said, functional analphabetism (which the US suffers the most of in comparison to other developed countries) isn't my problem, it's the problem of the people who were neglected by their educational system and probably their parents.
These people should be angry that no one thought it would be a positive thing if they could understand clearly what was said. But it's not me who they should direct their snark and anger towards. They should burn down the houses of the (mainly republican) politicians who have been dismantling the US education system für the last 60 years and demand better. That's not an action i can take for them to improve their situation. Don't shoot the messenger.
wow calm your tits dude that was a joke. Maybe talk to your therapist about this
Sorry, humor translates badly on the internet, same as sarcasm 🤷. And that i instantly thought that you weren't able to understand me because of educational issues makes it even worse... because the probabilities were in my favor. I wish it weren't so, but functional analphabetism is RAMPANT in the US, and that was before the Trump admin started demolishing everything that could be interpreted as intellectual.
I am personally happy for you that this situation is not something that hurts you directly, but in my (limited) experience it makes a lot of sense to provide people with enough information to be angry about the status quo, because the might never arrive at it if they were left on their own.
My friend, nobody is blaming you - it's a failing of the language. I was just explaining where the misunderstanding likely occurred.