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The Latest Buzz! => Site Announcements => Topic started by: Joe Carillo on December 08, 2017, 09:58:44 AM

Title: Playlist Update (Dec. 2 - 8, 2017) for the Forum Gateway on Facebook
Post by: Joe Carillo on December 08, 2017, 09:58:44 AM
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PLAYLIST UPDATE (Dec. 2 - 8, 2017) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(19 new postings):

1. Dealing With Annoying English Grammar Errors (10th in a series of 14): “6 – The problem with wrong pronoun usage” (December 8, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7276.0)

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2. A Media English Watch Retrospective: “A recurrent glaring grammar error on cable news TV” (December 8, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=380.0)

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3. You Asked Me This Question: “Can an intransitive verb be made transitive by using an adverb?” (December 7, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7275.0)

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4. Advice and Dissent Retrospective: “Research shows responsibility resides in how people interact, not in the brain” (December 7, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1921.0)

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5. A Media English Retrospective: “Extreme liberties in the use of the word ‘presumptive’” (December 7, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6610.0)

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6. Getting to Know English Better: “How noun clauses behave in a sentence” (December 7, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7274.0)

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7. A Forum Lounge Retrospective: “Once again, let’s celebrate the Holiday Season with an element of surprise” (December 6, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=4129.0)

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8. You Asked Me This Question: “How noun clauses, adjective clauses, and adverb clauses differ” (December 6, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7270.0)

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9. A Science Reading You Might Have Missed: “A sixth mass extinction in our planet is now unfolding right before our eyes” (December 5, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6151.0)

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10. Dealing With Annoying English Grammar Errors (9th in a series of 14): “The problematic verb-pair ‘sit’ and ‘seat’” (December 5, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7266.0)

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11. You Asked Me This Question: “The proper use of the tenses in conditional sentences” (December 4, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7264.0)

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12. A Media English Grammar Retrospective: “Drawing the line against misplaced modifiers in sports writing” (December 4, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=189.0)

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13. A Media English Watch Retrospective: “Highly politicized physics and faulty news reporting” (December 4, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=327.0)

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14. A Reading You Might Have Missed: “3 U.S. nonfiction bestsellers flawed and faulty like some PHL textbooks” (December 3, 3017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6502.0)

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15. A You Asked Me This Question Retrospective: “Why there’s really no such thing as a complex-complex sentence” (December 3, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6733.0)

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16. Language Humor at its Finest Retrospective: “78 fabulous advice from famous people” (December 3, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1319.0)

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17. You Asked Me This Question: “The uses of the ‘is to + verb’/‘are to + verb’ structure” (December 2, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7261.0)

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18. A Time Out from English Grammar Retrospective: “The disconcerting flux in scientific knowledge and how to cope with it” (December 2, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=4123.0)

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19. A Media English Watch Retrospective: “No, not everything that pertains to the president is ‘presidential’” (December 2, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=780.0)

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CLASSIC FORUM POSTINGS (8 postings):

1. Two magnificent performances of “The Prayer,” spaced 10 years apart (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6768.0)
     (Originally posted January 22, 2017)

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2. “The Lovely Clichés Worth Keeping” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6738.0)
     (Originally posted circa 2002   Reposted December 16, 2016)

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3. Conversations (4): “The real score about Valentine’s Day” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=535.0)
    (Originally posted February 10, 2010   Reposted February 1, 2014)

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4. “Did Rizal ever speak and write in English?” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=506.0)
    (Originally posted January 28, 2010, latest update December 30, 2016)

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5. “Conversations (2): A serious bad-grammar syndrome” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6761.0)
   (Reposted January 18, 2017)

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6. “Anatomy of media stories that Filipina women have the world’s smallest breasts” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6628.0)
    (Posted July 11, 2016)

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7. “Lost in Translation” - 1 and 2 (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6746.0)
    (Posted December 30, 2016)

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8. “Indignities in American minor” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6721.0)
    (Posted October 27, 2016)

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