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2019: "English Plain and Simple" columns in The Manila Times
(This listing is in reverse chronological order, the latest first. To access and read a particular column, simply click the indicated link.)
December 26, 2019:
Subject-verb agreement peculiarity of inverted sentences (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8116.0)
December 19, 2019:
Pronouns as subject complement always take the subjective form (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8114.0)
December 12, 2019:
How onerous legalese imperils public welfare (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8113.0)
December 5, 2019:
How the two types of English determiners work (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8107.0)
November 28, 2019:
Is “Philippines” plural and what is its possessive form? (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8099.0)
November 21, 2019:
The 'who'/'whom' grammar conundrum revisited (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8099.0)
November 14, 2019:
The perplexing workings of the double possessive (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8095.0)
November 7, 2019:
Is your “were” in the indicative or subjunctive mood? (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8085.0)
October 31, 2019:
Precisely when do we use “request” or “request for”? (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8080.0)
October 24, 2019:
Don’t let “can,” “could,” “will,” and “would” baffle you anymore (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8076.0)
October 17, 2019:
Is there anything wrong with the expression “Thanks God”? (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8067.0)
October 10, 2019:
The correct tense for reporting verbs in reported speech (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8063.0)
October 3, 2019:
The many senses of 'while' elude not just a few (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8057.0)
September 26, 2019:
Can an adjective be used as a subject in a sentence? (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8051.0)
September 19, 2019:
How English deals with the past imperfect tense (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8044.0)
September 12, 2019:
The six ways that English evokes the future (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8037.0)
September 5, 2019:
Pitfalls in constructing negative 'used to' sentences (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8037.0)
August 29, 2019:
Do we say “in the street” or “on the street”? (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8035.0)
August 22, 2019:
The one single thing that brought them all to America (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8031.0)
(This special essay takes the place of “Do we say 'in the street' or 'on the street'”? only here in the Forum. The originally scheduled English-usage column for The Manila Times and this slot will be run on August 29, 2019 instead.)
August 15, 2019:
The strange grammar of “need” as modal auxiliary (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8026.0)
August 8, 2019:
How to ask a question within a question (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8021.0)
August 1, 2019:
Precisely when is a verb linking or an auxiliary? (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8014.0)
July 25, 2019:
The rightful place for a headline modifier (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8005.0)
July 18, 2019:
The craft of writing headlines and titles - 2 (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8001.0)
July 11, 2019:
The craft of writing headlines and titles - 1 (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7994.0)
July 4, 2019:
Bedlam when a verb is very late in coming (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7992.0)
June 27, 2019:
When to use full infinitives, bare infinitives, or gerunds - 2 (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7987.0)
June 20, 2019:
When to use full infinitives, bare infinitives, or gerunds - 1 (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7984.0)
June 13, 2019:
When is a parenthetical necessary in a sentence? (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7980.0)
June 6, 2019:
The virtue of postpositively positioned adjectives (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7968.0)
May 30, 2019:
Use of “hopefully” and other grammar bugbears (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7959.0)
May 23, 2019:
How elliptical sentences differ from elliptical clauses (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7952.0)
May 16, 2019:
Using discourse markers for contextualizing ideas (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7948.0)
May 9, 2019:
Random questions that need a lot of explaining to answer (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7939.0)
May 2, 2019:
Precisely when do we use the past progressive tense? (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7936.0)
April 25, 2019:
Prepositions at work in prepositional idioms (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7925.0)
April 18, 2019:
Prepositions at work in literal prepositional phrases (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7925.0)
April 11, 2019:
A full-dress review of English preposition usage – 3 (Time and duration) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7908.0)
April 4, 2019:
A full-dress review of English preposition usage – 2 (Motion and direction) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7908.0)
March 28, 2019:
A full-dress review of English preposition usage – 1 (Place and location) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7900.0)
March 21, 2019:
Tough, counterintuitive aspects of English grammar - 2 (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7891.0)
March 14, 2019:
Tough, counterintuitive aspects of English grammar - 1 (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7882.0)
March 7, 2019:
Exercising caution in asserting what’s good or bad English (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7878.0)
February 28, 2019:
Let’s get acclimatized to the country’s weather terminology (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7871.0)
February 21, 2019:
Play it by ear whether to use a gerund phrase or infinitive phrase (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7862.0)
February 14, 2019:
Does “nor” always need “neither” to work properly? (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7858.0)
February 7, 2019:
The thorny choice between “whether it is” and “whether it be” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7850.0)
January 31, 2019:
It’s a mark of civility to use “can” and “may” properly (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7841.0)
January 24, 2019:
How the three kinds of objects work in English grammar (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7832.0)
January 17, 2019:
We shouldn’t mistake mass nouns for collective nouns (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7825.0)
January 10, 2019:
Why not a few academics encode their insights into turgid English (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7817.0)
January 3, 2019:
How to use “can” and “could” and “will” and “would” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7814.0)