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The Latest Buzz! => Site Announcements => Topic started by: Joe Carillo on February 09, 2018, 02:00:34 PM
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PLAYLIST UPDATE (February 3 - 9, 2018) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(21 new postings):
1. Getting To Know English Better (6th in the 6-part series): “Distinguishing the subjunctive from the second conditional” (February 9, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7414.0)
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2. A Refresher in Punctuating Amplifying Elements: “When using a parenthetical is necessary in a sentence” (February 9, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6797.0)
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3. A Getting To Know English Retrospective: “No need to hold ‘celebrant’ in a straightjacket” (February 9, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6791.0)
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4. A Time Out From English Grammar Retrospective: “Religious teaching may just make criminals justify their crime, study suggests” (February 8, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=5367.0)
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5. Getting To Know English Better: “The flexible positions of participial phrases” (February 8, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7412.0)
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6. A Language Humor at Its Finest Retrospective: “Memorable quotes from famous celebrities of yesteryears” (February 7, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7411.0)
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7. An Advice and Dissent Retrospective: “The need for genuine leisure instead of a mad, unending pursuit of wealth” (February 7, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=2545.0)
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8. Getting To Know English Better (5th of a 6-part series): “Options for avoiding officious subjunctive sentences” (February 6, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7229.0)
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9. Retrospective - Language Humor At Its Finest: “60 wacky but authentic U.S. courtroom quotations” (February 6, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1240.0)
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10. Retrospective - When What’s Meant Isn’t Exactly What’s Said: “The nature of true idioms” (February 5, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6789.0)
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11. A Mind-Blowing Reading You Might Have Missed: “Is it true that we’re just an impurity in an otherwise beautiful universe?” (February 5, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6045.0)
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12. Getting To Know English Better (4th of a 6-part series): “Simpler alternatives for the subjunctive” (February 5, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7408.0)
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13. A Readings in Language Retrospective: “A masterful guide to the craft of modern nonfiction writing” (February 4, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=5836.0)
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14. A Getting To Know English Retrospective: “Learning the English idioms” (February 3, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6787.0)
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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)
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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