PLAYLIST UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 16 - 22, 2023 OF THE FORUM’S FACEBOOK GATEWAY
Simply click the web links to the 11 featured English grammar refreshers and general interest stories this week along with selected postings from the same weekly period in September of previous years:
1. Getting To Know English: “Never allow ’only’ to go haywire” (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8889.0)
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2. Use and Misuse Retrospective: “Predeterminers are distinct from determiners” (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6296.0)
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3. You Asked Me This Question: “Why Pinoy writers strongly prefer the modals ’would’ and ’could’” (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6689.0)
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4. My Media English Watch: “Two instructive cases of English misuse and suspected misuse” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7246.0)
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5. Essays by Jose Carillo: “The heavy price of misplacing one's trust and confidence” (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6732.0)
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6. Getting To Know English: “How to reduce adverb clauses to adverb phrases” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7692.0)
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7. Getting to Know English: “The importance of grammar-perfect English” (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8668.0)
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8. Notable Works by Our Very Own: “Fil-Am blogger thrives on her uncommon freedom to negotiate the web” (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8049.0)
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9. Language Humor at its Finest: “Making sense of academic talk” (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6053.0)
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10. You Asked Me This Question: “Words don’t come easy” (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7691.0)
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11. Essays by Joe Carillo: “The wisdom of routinely avoiding anticipatory 'there is/are' clauses” (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1734.0)
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Click this link to earlier Playdate features! (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8888.0)
Visit Jose Carillo's Blogspot on the English Language (https://josecarillo.blogspot.com/)