He had learned to read and write English, since several of his letters survive.

You wanted someone who could read, write, and speak English.

"That will teach me not to learn to read English."

Her mother could not read English, and in most cases decision-making was done by men.

"I read English," said one of the soldiers in the back.

"I hope you can read English, because your magazine is a poor representation of human rights!"

It will do for some good man who can read English.

There are lots of men on the continent who can read English.

They help approximately 6,500 adults learn how to read or speak English.

She read English at university, but wrote nothing more until in her thirties.