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The Latest Buzz! => Site Announcements => Topic started by: Joe Carillo on November 23, 2018, 05:30:21 PM
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PLAYLIST UPDATE (NOVEMBER 17 - 23, 2018) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(13 new postings):
1. A Full-Dress Review of the Kinds of Verbs in English – 6: “How many auxiliary verbs are there in English?” (November 22, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7770.0)
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2. Language Humor At Its Finest Retrospective: “50 puns about crime and lawbreakers” (November 22, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1348.0)
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3. Getting to Know English: “The maverick behavior of verbs in the subjunctive” (November 19, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7769.0)
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4. Discussion Thread in the Forum: “Belief without evidence to support it is always morally wrong” (November 22, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7758.0)
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5. Time Out From English Grammar Retrospective: “Is there life beyond the universe that we know?” (November 23, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=452.0)
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6. You Asked Me This Question Retrospective: “Is it correct to use the verb ‘invite’ as a noun?” (November 23, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=271.0)
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7. A Reading You Might Have Missed: “A taste of vintage Mencken” (November 22, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=52.0)
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8. Forum Lounge Retrospective: “‘Nakakagigil’ remains lost in English translation” (November 22, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=78.0)
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9. Advice and Dissent Retrospective: “As one goes way past the prime of one’s life” (November 22, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=624.0)
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10. Media English Watch Retrospective: “Usage of ‘on the ground’ in official circles getting out of hand” (November 21, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6729.0)
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11. A Parenting Letter Retrospective: “Dear Mama and Papa” (November 21, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6219.0)
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12. You Asked Me This Question: “When faulty logic overrides good grammar and semantics” (November 17, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7768.0)
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13. Language Humor At Its Finest Retrospective: “Funny typos and grammar errors that bug real church bulletins” (November 17, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6386.0)
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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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