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PLAYLIST UPDATE (February 10 - 16, 2018) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(21 new postings):
1. Use and Misuse of English (3rd of 3-part series): “Strategies for avoiding repetition and abstruse stock phrases – III (February 16, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7428.0)
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2. Making Light of What We Do for a Living: “60 really amusing job descriptions” (February 16, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6276.0)
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3. Getting To Know English Better: “The baffling thing about absolute phrases” (February 15, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7427.0)
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4. A Use and Misuse of English Retrospective: “We shouldn’t mistake mass nouns for collective nouns” (February 15, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6807.0)
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5. A Readings in Language Retrospective: “Using big data, research validates Pollyanna ‘Feel Happy’ Hypothesis” (February 15, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6420.0)
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6. Just For This Day of the Hearts: “A Dozen Romantic Rhymes with Unromantic Twists” (February 14, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1113.0)
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7. A Valentine’s Day Retrospective: “Waltzing on the Web” (February 14, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6684.0)
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8. Use and Misuse of English (2nd of 3-part series): “Strategies for avoiding tedious repetition of words – II” (February 14, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7422.0)
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9. An Advice and Dissent Retrospective: “Research shows responsibility resides in how people interact, not in the brain” (February 13, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1921.0)
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10. A Media English Watch Retrospective: “The use of ‘cuddling the enemy’ and other English malapropisms” (February 13, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6804.0)
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11. An Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “The real score about Valentine’s Day” (February 13, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=535.0)
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12. A Time Out From English Grammar Retrospective: “Alas, some famous philosophers fell ignobly short of living their ideals!” (February 12, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1248.0)
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13. Use and Misuse of English (1st of a 3-part series): “Strategies for avoiding tedious repetition of words – I” (February 12, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7421.0)
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14. A Media English Watch Retrospective: “A wily but translucent punctuation play to insult a president” (February 12, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6802.0)
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15. Readings in Language: “Self-taught computer-savvy scholar uncovers ‘inspiration’ for 11 Shakespeare plays” (February 10, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7417.0)
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16. A Refresher in English Grammar Basics: “Phrasal verbs are phrases with a figurative meaning” (February 10, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6800.0)
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17. A Getting to Know English Retrospective: “An awful and otherworldly use of the possessive form” (February 10, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6798.0)
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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)
Playlist Update (Dec. 9 - 15, 2017) for the Forum Gateway on Facebook
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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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