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The Latest Buzz! => Site Announcements => Topic started by: Joe Carillo on May 04, 2018, 06:56:57 PM

Title: Playlist Update (April 28 - May 4, 2018) for the Forum Gateway on Facebook
Post by: Joe Carillo on May 04, 2018, 06:56:57 PM

For quick access to the Forum’s featured English grammar refreshers and general interest stories, simply click their indicated web links below:

PLAYLIST UPDATE (APRIL 28 - MAY 4, 2018) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(8 new postings):

1. Getting To Know English Better: “The present participle and past participle as modifiers – I” (May 3, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7537.0)

(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/participles_used-as-adjectives-1A2.png)
 

2. Back to the Grammar Basics Retrospective: “Getting reacquainted with the conjunctive adverbs” (May 4, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6888.0)

(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/conjunctive-adverbs_eyeglasses-image-1C.png)


3. Language Humor at its Finest: “Pun lover attempts to prove it’s possible to elevate puns into an art form” (May 4, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7538.0)

(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/baconings-cartoon_esquiremag-1B.png)
 

4. You Asked Me This Question: “Which construction is correct: ‘My brother and I…’ or ‘I and my brother…’?” (May 3, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7536.0)

(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/mybrother&I_image-1B.png)
 

5. Use and Misuse: “Why an object needn’t follow the verb ‘told’” (May 1, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7535.0)

(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/as-told-to_composite-1B.png)
 

6. A Media English Watch Retrospective: “Frenzied arrival reporting, this time for the ASEAN Summit dignitaries” (April 29, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6884.0)

(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/heads-of-state_arrivals-1B.png)
 

7. The Forum Lounge: “A Filipino-Australian woman on helping people write and speak good English” (April 29, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7533.0)

(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/starfinch_4square-1A.png)
 

8. A Media English Watch Retrospective: “A crash course in politically correct English” (April 29, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6256.0)

(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/kadamay-taking-over-housing-1A.png)
 

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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)

(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/RizalLoves-2C.jpg)

5. “Conversations (2): A serious bad-grammar syndrome” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6761.0)
   (Reposted January 18, 2017)

(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/PopeJohnPaul_Manila-5D.jpg)

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)

(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/PStar_Boobs-C.png)

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)

(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/liberty.png)


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