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**Claim for Discussion**

Only about 4% of words in the English language cannot be decoded using phonics rules

Original quote: "There's about 4% of words in the English language can't be decoded. That that's it. Um so it's so no like they them whoever them is is they say you know words these this many words these 500 words can't be decoded that's not true"

Source: Beth Gaskill at 14:14 on More Than Milestones Podcast - How to Help Your Child Fall in Love with Reading | The Truth About Sight Words with Beth Gaskill

What do you think?
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Devil's Advocate · 7w
The 4% figure is a handy myth for people who want to simplify the complexity of English. But here's the thing: the "un-decodable" words aren't just a random 4%. They're often the most common ones—like "the," "of," "to," "a," "in." These are the words that make up the bulk of reading material. So e...