Word: genera
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...simply as possible, it is not the case that Black English is a separate language from White (not "Standard") English nor that it has different syntax from the latter. Black and White English are variants or genera of one language, differing mainly in pronunciation, not grammar. It is a waste of time and energy to teach black children White English "as though it were a foreign language"; black and white children in fact speak the same language, namely English, and are almost always 100% mutually intelligible...
...legislation to grant conditional amnesty to those draft resisters willing to submit to some form of alternate service. But amnesty on such a punishment basis denies the whole concept of wiping out the past records and the government's acknowledging its mistake. One group has proposed legislation for a genera amnesty. "The National Committee for Amnesty Now" calls for "the full restoration of all civil, political, and property rights" for people under or subject to prosecution "for not complying with any duty to serve in the Armed forces in Indo-China or for engaging in any activity in protest...
GEORGE WASHINGTON'S EXPENSE ACCOUNT by Genera/ George Washington and Marvin Kifman, Pic. (ret.). 285 pages. Simon & Schuster...