ENGLISH PLUS
ENGLISH PLUS. A pressure group formed in the US in 1985 to promote bilingualism and counter the drive by US English for an amendment to the constitution, making English the official language of the republic. The name means ‘English plus one or more other language(s)’. See ENGLISH LANGUAGE AMENDMENT.
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