PLAYLIST UPDATE (MARCH 28 - APRIL 3, 2020) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(22 new postings):
For quick access to the Forum’s featured English grammar refreshers and general interest stories, simply click their indicated web links below:
1. Getting To Know English Better: “How ‘even though’ and ‘even if’ differ in sense” (April 2, 2020)
2. You Asked Me This Question: “Which is correct: ‘Happy birthday to myself’ or ‘Happy birthday to me’?” (April 3, 2020)
3. Language Humor at its Finest: “19 Fun Quotable Quotes to Brighten Up Your Day” (April 1, 2020)
4. You Asked Me This Question Retrospective: “When do we use the past progressive tense?” (April 3, 2020)
[5. The Very Basics of Courtesy in English: “The proper use of ‘can’ and ‘may’ as a mark of civility” (April 3, 2020)
6. You Asked Me This Question Retrospective: “Why do Pinoy writers strongly prefer ‘would’ and ‘could’ (April 2, 2020)
7. Readings in Language Retrospective: “When you really don't have anything to say but simply need to say it well” (April 2, 2020)
8. You Asked Me This Question Retrospective: “How long should a sentence be to effectively deliver an idea?” (April 2, 2020)
9. Getting To Know English Retrospective: “Dealing decisively with the ‘who’ vs. ‘whom’ conundrum” (April 1, 2020)
10. No April Fools’ Joke, This Cautionary Retrospective: “Chief executives now a threatened species in the age of social media” (April 1, 2020)
11. Time Out From English Grammar Retrospective: “Oh, the sweet bird of happiness finally looks like it’s in the bag!” (March 31, 2020)
12. Time Out From English Grammar Retrospective: “Is it time to kill off the grand idea of Richard Dawkins’ ‘Selfish Gene’?” (March 31, 2020)
13. Forum Lounge Retrospective: “‘Pun-ography’: Wordplay to make you smile” (March 31, 2020)
14. You Asked Me This Question: “Do I ask ‘(Have you had a look, Did you have a look) at the documents?’” (March 30, 2020)
15. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “Open secret to writing prose that leaps out from the page” (March 30, 2020)
16. Use and Misuse Retrospective: “The grammar of English conditional sentences” (March 30, 2020)
17. Time Out From English Grammar Retrospective: “Measuring up to the human body’s perfection in architectural terms” (March 30, 2020)
18. Prickly Problem With An Idiomatic Phrase: “With regard to ‘with regards to’ or ‘as regards to’” (March 29, 2020)
19. Forum Lounge Retrospective: “23 stunning, magically beautiful sights from all over the world” (March 29, 2020)
20. Language Humor at its Finest: “When Children Define Science in Their Own Terms” (March 29, 2020)
21. Getting To Know English Retrospective: “When an entire clause functions as a noun or adjective” (March 29, 2020)
22. For English Learners Furloughed By You Know What: “A full-dress review of English preposition usage – 1” (March 28, 2020)
CLASSIC FORUM POSTINGS (10 postings):
1. Advice and Dissent: “Belief without evidence to support it is always morally wrong” (Originally posted November 10, 2018)
2. Meditation on Our Digitized World: “The Tree of Life” (Originally posted June 19, 2009)
3. Two magnificent performances of “The Prayer,” spaced 10 years apart (Originally posted January 22, 2017)
4. “The Lovely Clichés Worth Keeping” (Originally posted circa 2002 Reposted December 16, 2016)
5. Conversations (4): “The real score about Valentine’s Day” (Originally posted February 10, 2010 Reposted February 1, 2014)
6. “Did Rizal ever speak and write in English?” (Originally posted January 28, 2010, latest update December 30, 2016)
7. “Conversations (2): A serious bad-grammar syndrome” (Reposted January 18, 2017)
8. “Anatomy of media stories that Filipina women have the world’s smallest breasts” (Posted July 11, 2016)
9. “Lost in Translation” - 1 and 2 (Posted December 30, 2016)
10. “Indignities in American minor” (Posted October 27, 2016)
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