Playlist Update (March 31 - April 6, 2018) for the Forum Gateway on Facebook

[Joe Carillo]

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PLAYLIST UPDATE (March 31 - April 6, 2018) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(13 new postings):

1. Readings in Language: "The Swedes are now the world’s most proficient speakers of English, Danish online paper reports" (April 6, 2018)


 

2. Getting to Know English Better: “Using a pair of commas in vain can cause great trouble” (April 5, 2018)




3. An Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “Dealing with various levels of intransitivity” (April 5, 2018)




4. A Meditation You May Want to Share Right Now: Louie Schwartzberg's TED presentation on 'Nature. Beauty. Gratitude'” (April 5, 2018)




5. An Advice and Dissent Retrospective: “Human genome research casts doubt on Adam and Eve story” (April 4, 2018)


 

6. Exigencies of the Times: “On academic performance measures and job application forms” (April 4, 2018)


 

7. A Media English Watch Retrospective: “Avoiding misuse of the conjoiner ‘as well as’ in newspaper reporting” (April 3, 2018)




8. The Very Basics of Courtesy in English: “The proper use of ‘can’ and ‘may’ as a mark of civility” (April 3, 2018)


 

9. You Asked Me This Question Retrospective: “How long should a sentence be to effectively deliver an idea?” (April 2, 2018)


 

10. Reacquainting Ourselves with the English Modals: “Why Pinoy writers strongly prefer ‘would’ and ‘could’” (April 2, 2018)


 

11. No April Fools’ Joke, This Cautionary Retrospective: “Chief executives now a threatened species in the age of social media” (April 2, 2018)


 

12. A Time Out From English Grammar Retrospective: “Oh, the sweet bird of happiness finally looks like it's in the bag!” (April 1, 2018)


 

13. Time Out From English Grammar Retrospective: “A cordial invitation to discover the hidden majesty of mathematics” (March 31, 2018)


 


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CLASSIC FORUM POSTINGS (8 postings):

1. Two magnificent performances of “The Prayer,” spaced 10 years apart
     (Originally posted January 22, 2017)



2. “The Lovely Clichés Worth Keeping”
     (Originally posted circa 2002   Reposted December 16, 2016)

   

3. Conversations (4): “The real score about Valentine’s Day”
    (Originally posted February 10, 2010   Reposted February 1, 2014)



4. “Did Rizal ever speak and write in English?”
    (Originally posted January 28, 2010, latest update December 30, 2016)



5. “Conversations (2): A serious bad-grammar syndrome”
   (Reposted January 18, 2017)



6. “Anatomy of media stories that Filipina women have the world’s smallest breasts”
    (Posted July 11, 2016)



7. “Lost in Translation” - 1 and 2
    (Posted December 30, 2016)



8. “Indignities in American minor”
    (Posted October 27, 2016)




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