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The Latest Buzz! => Site Announcements => Topic started by: Joe Carillo on September 28, 2018, 04:30:47 PM
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(8 new postings):
1. Getting to Know English: “How to reduce adjective clauses to adjective phrases – 1” (September 27, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7699.0)
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2. Time Out From Grammar Retrospective: “A taste of vintage Mencken” (September 28, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=52.0)
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3. The Forum Lounge: “Synopsis in English of the Korean historical drama ‘Mr. Sunshine’” by Gerry T. Galacio (September 27, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7700.0)
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4. Language Humor at its Finest: “31 nuggets of zany wisdom from the humor bin” (September 27, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6225.0)
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5. Going Deeper Into English: “Learning the English idioms” (September 27, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7119.0)
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6. You Asked Me This Question: “Absolute phrases don’t function in the same way as appositives” (September 27, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7696.0)
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7. Reflections On How We Reckon With Time: “The days of our lives” (September 24, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7115.0)
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8. Advice and Dissent Retrospective: “As one goes way past the prime of one’s life” (September 23, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=624.0)
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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)
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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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