Quick Quick! I need help!

[:Ace:]

If you are computer literate, do you have the skill of computer literacy?

It would make sense but i'm sure it's wrong!

Please answer!

Thanks in advance.

:Ace:

[Postdog]

It took me a while to realise what you are asking. I think it makes more sense just to say that you are computer literate.

[:Ace:]

Cheers!

[heathfield]

I read your posting on my computer. Does that qualify me for computer literacy?
(I agree with Postdog)

[jno]

yes, that's right. A job specification might include 'computer literacy'. Does sound slightly clumsy.

[Quizmonster]

Strangely, the word 'literacy' did not come into existence until about two centuries after 'illiteracy'! The phrase 'computer literacy' has been in use since the early 1970s, so it is now perfectly acceptable.