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(22 new postings):
1. An Essays by Joe Carillo Retrospective: “A figure of speech that’s often used to subvert reason and logic” (December 15, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=5835.0)
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2. Have Lots of Fun with Some Oldies But Goodies: “70 English idiomatic expressions sometimes bungled by Pinoys” (December 15, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=721.0)
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3. Dealing With Annoying English Grammar Errors (12th in a series of 14): “Usage of nouns or pronouns in the wrong case (2)” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7295.0)
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4. A Forum Lounge Retrospective: “A little bit of history about ‘The 12 Days of Christmas’” (December 14, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6115.0)
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5. A Reading on Language Retrospective: “So what do we do now with all those tired, time-worn clichés?” (December 14, 2017) (http://tinyurl.com/k4ld38y)
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6. Language Humor At Its Finest: “Gobbledygooked Christmas song titles quiz” (December 13, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6356.0)
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7. Getting To Know English Better: “The seven uses of noun clauses – 1” (December 14, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7292.0)
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8. A You Asked Me This Question Follow-Through: “The modern English sentence averages 20 words or fewer” (December 13, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6978.msg13509#msg13509)
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9. You Asked Me This Question: “The differences in sense when ‘will’ or ‘would’ is used” (December 13, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7291.0)
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10. Meditation on Our Digitized World: “The Tree of Life” (December 12 , 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7187.0)
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11. Especially For (But Not Just For) Boys and Girls Only: “A kid's view of the Christmas story” (December 12, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=2026.0)
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12. A Readings in Language Retrospective: “The pursuit of gossip gets fair hearing in noted writer’s book” (December 12, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=2039.0)
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13. Worldly-Wise Advice to Headstrong Kids: “Things My Mother Taught Me” (December 12, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=733.0)
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14. Dealing With Annoying English Grammar Errors (11th in a series of 14): “7 – Usage of nouns or pronouns in the wrong case (1)” (December 11, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7289.0)
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15. A Readings in Language Retrospective: “Thinking in numbers as effective, pleasant antidote for numerophobia” (December 11, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6014.0)
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16. Advice and Dissent Retrospective: “So now as it was then, this is the world in 854 words” (December 11, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6448.0)
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17. Language Humor At Its Finest Retrospective: “40 choice paraprosdokians to make sense of our lives” (December 10, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6408.0)
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18. An Intriguing Grammar Question: “An English-language conundrum” (December 10, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=381.0)
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19. A Job-Hunting Advice Retrospective: “Is ‘Hi!’ proper to begin a job application letter?” (December 10, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6539.0)
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20. An English Grammar Retrospective: “Deconstructing and understanding those puzzling elliptical sentences” (December 10, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1718.0)
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21. You Asked Me This Question: “How literal adverbial phrases differ from idiomatic ones” (December 9, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7282.0)
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22. Language Humor At Its Finest: “A 38-item Christmas Q&A for language buffs” (December 8, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6562.0)
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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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