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PLAYLIST UPDATE (Jan. 6 - 12, 2018) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(22 new postings):
1. Use and Misuse: “Summing up on the 10 most annoying English grammar errors” (January 12, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7358.0)
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2. You Asked Me This Question Retrospective: “The pitfalls of not providing sentences with a clear subject” (January 12, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6315.0)
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3. Badly Written, Badly Spoken Retrospective: “Is yelling ‘Greetings!’ or ‘Cheers!’ at the start of a letter acceptable?” (January 12, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=989.0)
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4. A Grammar Lesson You May Need to Review Yourself: “The difference between ‘going to’ and ‘will’” (January 11, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1911.0)
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5. A Grammar Usage You Might Still be Vacillating Over: “A recurrent misuse of the preposition 'between'” (January 11, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=279.0)
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6. My Media English Watch Retrospective: “Coeds from exclusive girls’ schools” a contradiction in terms” (January 11, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=972.0)
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7. Getting To Know English Better: “The choice between gerunds and infinitives” (January 11, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7355.0)
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8. An Evolutionary Science Reading You Might Have Missed: “Are humans hijacking their own evolution and of everything else’s?” (January 10, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6450.0)
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9. A Conversations Retrospective: “Do kingfishers eat butter?” (January 10, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6755.0)
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10. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “Clichés and bad body English” (January 10, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=33.0)
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11. You Asked Me This Question: “The correct sequence of tenses for complex sentences” (January 9, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7354.0)
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12. A Use and Misuse Retrospective: “Clarifying a questionable notion about the proper use of ‘each’” (January 9, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6428.0)
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13. A Forum Lounge Retrospective: “A wheelchair dancer lives up her dream” (January 9, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6267.0)
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14. Dealing With Annoying English Grammar Errors (19th in a series of 20): “An exercise in defusing a terribly fused sentence” (January 9, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7343.0)
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15. A Media English Watch Retrospective: “Misuse of the preposition-pronoun combination ‘of which’” (January 8, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1549.0)
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16. A Time Out From Grammar Retrospective: “Science works only because it feeds on curiosity and breaks its own rules” (January 8, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6015.0)
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17. Retrospective Reading on Human Intelligence: “Geniuses are clear proof that people are not created equal” (January 8, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6051.0)
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18. You Asked Me This Question: “Setting the matter straight on the ‘not me’ vs. ‘not I’ usage” (January 7, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7349.0)
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19. Basic Grammar Lesson Retrospective: “The use the prepositions ‘in’ and ‘at’ in American English” (January 7, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6525.0)
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20. A Media English Watch Retrospective: “The adjective ‘naked’ gets misplaced in an online news headline” (January 7, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1616.0)
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21. Done in By Faulty Grammar Architecture: “Confused, grammatically flawed sentence about a fallen dictator” (January 6, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7347.0)
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22. Get a Self-Improvement Program Started Now: “Give your English a winning edge, 24/7 all for free!” (January 6, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/)
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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)
Playlist Update (Dec. 9 - 15, 2017) for the Forum Gateway on Facebook
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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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