Jose Carillo's English Forum
The Latest Buzz! => Site Announcements => Topic started by: Joe Carillo on March 02, 2018, 12:13:05 PM
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For quick access to the Forum’s featured English grammar refreshers and general interest stories, simply click their indicated web links below:
PLAYLIST UPDATE (February 24 - March 2, 2018) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(10 new postings):
1. A Refresher in Basic English Usage: “Getting the hang of tricky contracted tag questions” (March 2, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6823.0)
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2. Getting To Know English Better: “The four forms that absolute phrases take” (March 1, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7446.0)
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3. You Asked Me This Question: “When to use the article 'the' before geographical proper nouns” (March 1, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7448.0)
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4. A Forum Lounge Retrospective: “On English and Esperanto as bridging languages in multilingual countries” (February 28, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=219.0)
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5. A Use and Misuse of English Retrospective: “Phrases desirable and phrases abstruse” (February 27, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6818.0)
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6. You Asked Me This Question: “A fascinating question on the modals of conjecture” (February 27, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7445.0)
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7. You Asked Me This Question: “Is it acceptable to strand a direct object at the end of the main clause?” February 26, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7444.0)
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8. A Readings in Language Retrospective: “Reverse-engineering the human brain to make ourselves smarter” (February 25, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=5128.0)
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9. A Time Out From Grammar Retrospective: “Galileo was too impolitic wholly debunking Church dogma” (February 25, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=5123.0)
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10. Language Humor At Its Finest Retrospective: “32 Words of Wisdom with a Humorous Touch” (February 24, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=5028.0)
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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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