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The Latest Buzz! => Site Announcements => Topic started by: Joe Carillo on March 30, 2018, 02:43:51 PM
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PLAYLIST UPDATE (March 24 - 30, 2018) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(14 new postings):
1. Getting To Know English Better: “When an entire clause functions as a noun or adjective” (March 29, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7490.0)
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2. A Use and Misuse Retrospective: “The grammar of English conditional sentences” (March 30, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6854.0)
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3. A Use and Misuse Retrospective: “With regard to ‘with regards to’ or ‘as regards to’” (March 30, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6853.0)
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4. A Forum Lounge Retrospective: “23 stunning, magically beautiful sights from all over the world” (March 30, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6153.0)
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5. Thorny Choice Between Two Prepositions of Place: “Are you correctly using ‘between’ and ‘among’?” (March 30, 2018)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6851.0)
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6. Education and Teaching: “University programs should do more teaching of language and not just literature” (March 28, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7487.0)
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7. An Advice and Dissent Retrospective: “Information technology and social networks as catalysts for reform” (March 28, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=2171.0)
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8. A Holy Week Retrospective: “Simply a Matter of Faith” (March 28, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7486.0)
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9. A Media English Watch Retrospective: “Taking note of awful information gaffes and obese rhetoric” (March 27, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6618.0)
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10. Advocacies: Antonio Calipjo Go’s blistering, no-holds barred “Critique of the DEC’s Grade 3 ‘Let’s Get Better in English’ Learning Material” (March 26, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7484.0)
Advocacy Update: Scanned problematic pages of the Grade 3 “Let’s Get Better in English” Learning Material (March 26, 2018)
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11. On a Lark Before Your Holy Week Vacation: “Try checking how intelligent you really are” (March 26, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6489.0)
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12. A Readings in Language Retrospective: “Bridging the disconnect between simplistic and real, live English” (March 25, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6464.0)
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13. A Going Deeper Into Language Retrospective: “The relative importance of main clauses and subordinate clauses” (March 24, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1105.0)
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14. A Refresher on English Grammar Basics: “A puzzling peculiarity of grammatical objects in English” (March 24, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6849.0)
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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)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/Charlotte_Church-Josh Groban_The Prayer-1A.jpg) (http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/charice_canadiantenors-3B.jpg)
2. “The Lovely Clichés Worth Keeping” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6738.0)
(Originally posted circa 2002 Reposted December 16, 2016)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/LovelyCliches-6.jpg)
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)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/Valentine_romance-1A.jpg)
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)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/translation_problems-2D.jpg)
8. “Indignities in American minor” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6721.0)
(Posted October 27, 2016)
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