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The Latest Buzz! => Site Announcements => Topic started by: Joe Carillo on August 03, 2018, 02:02:30 PM
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PLAYLIST UPDATE (JULY 28 - AUGUST 3, 2018) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(12 new postings):
1. Getting to Know English Better: “Precisely when is ‘were’ in the indicative or subjunctive mood?” (August 2, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7628.0)
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2. Logic and Critical Thinking Retrospective: “Watching out against the material fallacies – 3” (August 3, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6996.0)
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3. Language Humor At Its Finest Retrospective: “78 fabulous advice from famous people” (August 1, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1319.0)
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4. A Forum Lounge Retrospective: “Verbatim: What Is a Photocopier?” (August 1, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7342.0)
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5. Back to the English Grammar Basics: “The four nominative functions of nouns” (August 1, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6993.0)
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6. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “The strength of materials and people’s folly” (July 31, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6425.0)
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7. Resolving a Contentious Grammar Usage: “The tough choice between ‘whoever’ and ‘whomever’” (July 31, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6991.0)
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8. You Asked Me this Question: “How the expletive ‘there’ works in inverted sentences” (July 30, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7625.0)
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9. A 2009 Provocative Forum Reading You Might Have Missed: “Choosing between a descriptivist and prescriptivist dictionary” (July 30, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=186.0)
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10. Language Humor at its Finest Retrospective: “Three funny short tales about language and perception” (July 29, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7623.0)
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11. Advice and Dissent: “Using computers to develop policy options for a healthier, happier world” (July 28, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7621.0)
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12. Back to the Very Basics of English Grammar: “Should verbs always be modified by adverbs ending in ‘-ly’?” (July 28, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6987.0)
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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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