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The Latest Buzz! => Site Announcements => Topic started by: Joe Carillo on May 12, 2018, 10:40:35 AM

Title: Playlist Update (May 5 - 11, 2018) for the Forum Gateway on Facebook
Post by: Joe Carillo on May 12, 2018, 10:40:35 AM

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

PLAYLIST UPDATE (MAY 5 - 11, 2018) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(8 new postings):

1. Getting To Know English Better: “The present participle and past participle as modifiers – II” (May 10, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7545.0)

(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/present&past-participle_as-adjective-1B.png)


2. A Use and Misuse Retrospective: “Getting rid of awkward beginnings” (May 11, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7546.0)

(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/Chalkboard-wordiness_edited-1B.png)


3. Rediscovering the Linking Verbs: “Verbs to tie up loose ends” (May 10, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6892.0)

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

4. Use and Misuse: “‘Just plug it!’ or ‘Just plug it in!’”? (May 10, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7544.0)

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5. Language Humor At Its Finest Retrospective: “53 Memorable Quotes from Famous Celebrities Over the Years” (May 8, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1249.0)

(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/Linda-Evangelista_composite-1B.png)
 

6. An English Use and Misuse Retrospective: “Gobbledygook na Ingles at Tagalog” (“Inday ng Buhay Natin”) (May 7, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1452.0)

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7. You Asked Me This Question: “The choice between ‘whether it is’ and ‘whether it be’” (May 6, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7540.0)

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

 
8. A Getting to Know English Retrospective: “Dealing wisely with negatives” (May 6, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6889.0)

(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/negativegrammar_prefixes-4A1.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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