Jose Carillo's English Forum
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PLAYLIST UPDATE (OCTOBER 6 - 12, 2018) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(11 new postings):
1. Getting To Know English: “Never strand a direct object at the end of the main clause” (October 11, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7718.0)
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2. Full-Dress Review of the English Cases:
“The need to avoid mixed-case usage in English – I” (October 8, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7143.0)
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“The need to avoid mixed-case usage in English – II” (October 10, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7147.0)
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“The need to avoid mixed-case usage in English – III” (October 12, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7150.0)
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3. Going Deeper Into English Retrospective: “The need to know the English idioms” (October 11, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7153.0)
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4. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective:
“The reign of the dreadful clichés – 1” (October 8, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7715.0)
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“The reign of the dreadful clichés – 2” (October 11, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7717.0)
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5. Language Humor At Its Finest Retrospective: “20 spot-on political quips for our times” (October 11, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6068.0)
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6. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “When an English teacher prescribes an awful subject-agreement blunder” (October 8, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6494.0)
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7. Language Humor At Its Finest Retrospective: “Some very close encounters with the language barrier” (October 8, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=2174.0)
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8. Advice and Dissent: “In a divided and angry world, novelists can no longer afford to be apolitical” (October 6, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7714.0)
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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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