Playlist Update (June 2 - 8, 2018) for the Forum Gateway on Facebook

[Joe Carillo]

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PLAYLIST UPDATE (JUNE 2 - 8, 2018) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(9 new postings):

1. You Asked Me This Question: “‘All’ can actually mean ‘totality,’ ‘everything’ or even ‘nothing but’”  (June 7, 2018)


 

2. Use and Misuse: “When it becomes a must to split infinitives for clarity’s sake” (June 6, 2018)


 

3. Use and Misuse: “Subject-verb agreement when using a noun phrase or gerund phrase” (June 6, 2018)


 

4. You Asked Me This Question Retrospective: “Should writers finish their compositions first before editing?” (June 5, 2018)




5. The Lounge: “That big fuss about President Digong’s very public onstage kiss!” by Maximo Tumbali (June 4, 2018)


 

6. Students’ Sounding Board: “Does ‘have to’ mean the same as the modal auxiliary ‘must’?” (June 4, 2018)


 

7. You Asked Me This Question: “Is it true that English has no future tense” (June 3, 2018)


 

8. Retrospective on a Misdirected Environmental War: “Wage war against water hyacinths, not against water lilies” (June 3, 2018)


 

9. You Asked Me This Question: “Choosing tense for reporting verbs in reported speech” (June 2, 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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