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The Latest Buzz! => Site Announcements => Topic started by: Joe Carillo on December 07, 2018, 05:16:09 PM
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PLAYLIST UPDATE (DECEMBER 1 - 7, 2018) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(19 new postings):
1. Language Humor at its Finest: “24 memorably thoughtful and mischievous quotes” (December 7, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1279.0)
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2. Getting to Know English: “Which,” “that,” and other grammar pitfalls” (December 6, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7784.0)
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3. You Asked Me This Question: “Can an intransitive verb be made transitive by using an adverb?” (December 7, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7275.0)
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4. Lookback to a Provocative Parody: “The harm that Powerpoint does to the way we think and speak” (December 6, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6630.0)
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5. You Asked Me This Question Retrospective: “How noun clauses, adjective clauses, and adverb clauses differ” (December 6, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7270.0)
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6. A Forum Lounge Retrospective: “A Kid's View of the Christmas Story” -- YouTube Video (December 5, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=2026.0)
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7. A Media Language Critique Retrospective: “A crash course in politically correct English” (December 5, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6256.0)
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8. Message from the Forum Lounge: “Once again, how to say ‘Merry Christmas!’ in 75 of the world's languages” (December 5, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=4128.0)
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9. Readings in Language Retrospective: "Bracing nuggets of wisdom about the writing process" (December 5, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=975.0)
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10. You Asked Me This Question: “The proper use of the tenses in conditional sentences” (December 4, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7264.0)
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11. A Christmas Tale To Read (Or Sing) Once Again: “Just a little bit of history about ‘The 12 Days of Christmas’” (December 4, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6115.0)
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12. A Media English Retrospective: “Highly politicized physics and faulty news reporting” (December 3, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=327.0)
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13. Language Humor At Its Finest Retrospective: “78 Fabulous Advice from Famous People” (December 3, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1319.0)
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14. The Forum Lounge: “Tempest in cyberspace over the UAAP81 Finals ‘wear BLACK!’ agitprop” (December 2, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7781.0)
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15. Time Out from English Grammar Retrospective: “The disconcerting flux in scientific knowledge and how to cope with it” (December 2, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=4123.0)
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16. Retrospective to a 2010 Media Language Critique: “No, not everything pertaining to the President is ‘presidential’” (December 2, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=780.0)
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17. You Asked Me This Question Retrospective: “The uses of the ‘is to + verb’/‘are to + verb’ structure” (December 2, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7261.0)
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18. A Media English Watch Retrospective: “A breathtaking cardinal sin in media’s English grammar” (December 1, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=938.0)
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19. A Media English Watch Retrospective: “Baffling legal terminology in the impeachment process” (December 1, 2018) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=2408.0)
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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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