Playlist Update (April 16-22, 2017) for the Forum Gateway on Facebook
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To My Facebook Friends and Fans,
For quick access to the Forum’s featured English grammar refreshers and general interest stories, simply click their indicated web links below:
PLAYLIST FOR APRIL 16-22, 2017:
(Latest down to earlier postings)
1. “Why we often get into trouble using the verbs ‘lie’ and ‘lay’” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1124.0) (April 22)
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2. “The real wonder is that humans ever discovered science at all” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6443.0) (April 21)
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3. “Getting reacquainted with the coordinating conjunctions” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6876.0) (April 20)
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4. “No need to hold ‘celebrant’ in a straightjacket” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6875.0) (April 19)
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5. “Let’s be firm on whether the name ‘Philippines’ is singular or plural” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6874.0) (April 19)
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6. “35 zany quotes and sayings” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6209.0) (April 18)
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7. “Aristotle the world’s first scientist and Plato an anti-scientific mythmaker?” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6280.0) (April 18)
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8. “Hyphenating for clarity” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6872.0) (April 18)
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9. “Why legal documents are not in plain and simple English” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6871.0) (April 16)
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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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Click this link to earlier Playdate features! (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6870.0)