Playlist Update (November 10 - 16, 2018) for the Forum Gateway on Facebook

[Joe Carillo]

For quick access to the Forum’s featured English grammar refreshers and general interest stories, simply click their indicated web links below:

PLAYLIST UPDATE (NOVEMBER 10 - 16, 2018) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(15 new postings):

1. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “The great importance of parallel construction in presenting ideas” - Parts 1 - 4 (November 15, 2018)


 

2. A Quintessential Love Story: “Rediscovering John Galsworthy” (November 15, 2018)


  

3. A full-dress review of the kinds of verbs in English – 5: “What sets apart auxiliary verbs from linking verbs” (November 15, 2018)


  

4. Retrospective - Notable Works By and About Our Very Own: Howie Severino’s “When books and life intersect” (November 14, 2018)


 

5. The Grammar of English Pronouns Revisited: “Handling pronouns with unclear antecedents” (November 14, 2018)


 

6. Time Out From Grammar Retrospective: “Finding the diamond in a slush pile of unpublishable books” (November 14, 2018)


 

7. My Media Watch Retrospective: “Presumptuous reporting in political journalism” (November 13, 2018)


 

8. Language Humor at its Finest Retrospective: “Top 100 Funniest One-liners” (November 12, 2018)


 

9. Use and Misuse: “A style guide for writing in English” (November 12, 2018)


 

10. Forum Lounge Retrospective: “Phenomenal rock star Freddie Mercury sings ‘Barcelona’ for the ages” (November 11, 2018)


 

11. Getting to Know English Retrospective: “Using synonyms to enliven prose” (November 13, 2018)


 

12. Readings in Language Retrospective: “Charming take on writers as not-so-great conversationalists” (November 11, 2018)


 

13. You Asked Me This Question Retrospective: “A doubtful comparative-transition phrase” (November 11, 2018)


 

14. Advice and Dissent: “Belief without evidence is always morally wrong” (November 10, 2018)


 

15. You Asked Me This Question: “The difference between elliptical sentences and elliptical clauses” (November 10, 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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