Playlist Update (May 26 - June 1, 2018) for the Forum Gateway on Facebook

[Joe Carillo]

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PLAYLIST UPDATE (MAY 26 - JUNE 1, 2018) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(9 new postings):

1. Use and Misuse: “It’s foolhardy to stop learning English grammar just like that!” (May 31, 2018)


 

2. Going Back to the English Grammar Basics: “Choosing the right connectives for our ideas – 2” (June 1, 2018)


 

3. You Asked Me This Question: “Is it grammatical to use ‘respective memorandum’ in court decisions?” (May 30, 2018)


 

4. Time Out From English Grammar: “Noted anesthesiologist of Filipino roots passes away in the U.S.” (May 30, 2018)


Dr. Necita Llorin-Roa, M.D.
March 20, 1944 - May 27, 2018


5. Students’ Sounding Board: “The semantic difference between the present and the past tense” (May 29, 2018)




6. Use and Misuse: “Developing the confidence to match ‘confident’ with the right preposition” (May 30, 2018)


 

7. A Getting to Know English Better Retrospective: “Using appositives for texture and depth in prose” (May 28, 2018)


 

8. You Asked Me This Question: “Unequal Englishes, Wronging English, Elitist English, Standard Philippine English” by Gerry T. Galacio (May 27, 2018)


 

9. You Asked Me This Question Retrospective: “A subject-verb agreement peculiarity of inverted sentences” (May 26, 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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