Jose Carillo's English Forum
The Latest Buzz! => Site Announcements => Topic started by: Joe Carillo on March 16, 2018, 08:43:43 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 (March 10 - 16, 2018) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(14 new postings):
1. Getting To Know English Better: “The dangers of overstating yourself” (March 15, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7466.0)
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2. A Finest in Language Humor Retrospective: “20 spot-on political quips for our times” (March 15, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6835.0)
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3. You Asked Me This Question: “The proper way to construct a question within a question” (March 14, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7464.0)
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4. A Time Out From English Grammar Retrospective: “Epigraphs: Simply labels or motive engines for literary narratives?” (March 14, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=600.0)
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Recent related companion reading: “Got Writer's Block: Here's Your Cure” (From
PsychologyToday.com)
5. An English Use and Misuse Retrospective: “Precisely determining what ‘determiners’ are” (March 14, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6282.0)
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6. Retrospective - Some English Verbs Can’t Go Progressive: “What does it mean to be asked ‘Are you understanding me?’” (March 14, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6831.0)
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7. A Getting To Know English Retrospective: “How to make good progress in your English by really trying” (March 13, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6832.0)
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8. A Timely Reading Worth Revisiting Today: “The chemistry of our morality hinges on a hormone, says neuroeconomist” (March 13, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=2540.0)
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9. Revisiting the Forum’s 2016 Year-End Folio: “Five personal essays and six general-interest readings" (March 12, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/YES/#6PE)
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10. You Asked Me This Question: “Can superlative attributes apply to any number of comparables?” (March 12, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7462.0)
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11. A Use and Misuse Retrospective: “Clarifying a questionable notion about the proper use of ‘each’” (March 11, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6830.0)
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12. An Unsettling Retrospective for Hero Worshippers: “The shocking lives of four famous but less than exemplary men” (March 11, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=622.0)
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13. Advice and Dissent Retrospective: “When writers decide to write, should they stick to what they know?” (March 10, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6187.0)
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14. Retrospective on Wacky Phonetics You Might Have Missed: “English translated into Chinese in less than 5 minutes” (March 10, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6127.0)
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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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