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The Latest Buzz! => Site Announcements => Topic started by: Joe Carillo on June 29, 2018, 08:32:56 PM
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PLAYLIST UPDATE (JUNE 23 - 29, 2018) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(10 new postings):
1. Getting To Know English Better: “Using euphemism to cushion the blow of request rejections” (June 28, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7604.0)
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2. A Very Provocative Reading You Might Have Missed: “The quest for answers on why the world exists to begin with” (June 27, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=2789.0)
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3. The Lounge: “President Duterte blasphemes the Catholic Faith," Opinion by Maximo Tumbali (June 28, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7605.0)
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4. Going Back to the English Grammar Basics: “The preposition as another type of functional connective – 4” (June 28, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6939.0)
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5. A Tricky Aspect of Reported Speech: “Noun clauses as subjects don’t obey the sequence-of-tenses rule” (June 27, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6722.0)
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6. You Asked Me This Question: “A case of a past perfect sentence that evokes lost opportunity” (June 26, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7603.0)
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7. A Very Interesting Reading You Might Have Missed: “Using big data, research validates Pollyanna ‘Feel Happy’ Hypothesis” (June 26, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6420.0)
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8. Use and Misuse: “A recurrent misuse of ‘between’ when setting a range” (June 25, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7602.0)
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9. Going Back to English Grammar Basics: “Should a noun modified by ‘respective’ always be plural in form?” (June 24, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6503.0)
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10. No Love Lost Between Them: “The league of great literary authors is hardly a mutual admiration society” (June 23, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6231.0)
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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)
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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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