Comment by RadiozRadioz

It's certainly helpful to be more literate, if nothing more than to ensure you are understood by others. For example, your comment's readability is improved by adding punctuation and some extra words:

> Could it be that people of today that have grown up reading prose that is mostly to get to the point, and convey what is needed now do not have the ability to meander like that? If so, does this make them "illiterate"?

Could it be that people of today have grown up reading prose that is mostly focused on getting to the point, conveying only what is needed, so much that they lack the ability to meander like fiction writers? If so, does this make them "illiterate"?