Example sentences for: ebonics

How can you use “ebonics” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Needless to say, the confrontational language of the Oakland resolution, and the ill-advised statement that ebonics is "genetically based," did nothing to stifle criticism.

  • Subject: Ebonics and the Techno Babble Re: ""

  • First, the word "ebonics," which dates back to the early 1970s and has been used even in some public-school settings without controversy for years, may seem to be putting on airs, but what many linguists prefer to call "Black English Vernacular" or "African-American Vernacular English" is a major linguistic stream that has been flowing within recognizable channels for centuries.

  • I myself speak Ebonics, so-called Proper English, some Hebrew, some Spanish, some Arabic, and media techno-babble.

  • The resolution asserts that deficiencies in black educational achievement cannot be remedied unless the prevalence of ebonics is recognized and somehow dealt with.


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