Jose Carillo's English Forum
The Latest Buzz! => Site Announcements => Topic started by: Joe Carillo on October 19, 2018, 02:10:27 PM
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For quick access to the Forum’s featured English grammar refreshers and general interest stories, simply click their indicated web links below:
PLAYLIST UPDATE (OCTOBER 13 - 19, 2018) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(10 new postings):
1. Getting to Know English Better: “A full-dress review of the verb types in English” (October 18, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7725.0)
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2. Language Humor at its Finest: Dave Barry’s “19 things it took me 50 years to learn” (October 18, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=976.0)
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3. Essays by Jose Carillo: “Writing to hook the reader—and talking to hook the voter” (October 18, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=336.0)
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4. A Full-Dress Review of the English Prepositions - 2: “Specific rules for preposition usage” (October 17, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7723.0)
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5. Tough Question in Complex Sentence Construction: “Positioning pronouns in complex sentences largely a style decision” (October 16, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=2152.0)
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6. Language Humor at its Finest Encore: “50 put-down one-liners about men—by women, of course!” (October 16, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1330.0)
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7. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “A primer on political propaganda” (October 15, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=243.0)
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8. A Full-Dress Review of the English Prepositions – 1: “The Prepositions Revisited” (October 15, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7722.0)
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9. Language Humor at its Finest Retrospective: “Five dozen amusing job descriptions” (October 15, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6276.0)
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10. Retrospective on the English Alphabet: “Why is the stand-alone letter ‘I’ always capitalized?” (October 15, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6438.0)
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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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