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PLAYLIST UPDATE (APRIL 27 - MAY 4, 2019) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(13 new postings):
1. Matters of Consistency Retrospective: “The art of avoiding needless voice shifts” (May 3, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6887.0)
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2. You Asked Me This Question: “Precisely when do we use the past progressive tense?” (May 2, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7936.0)
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3. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “Quick quiz on wayward modifiers” (May 1, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=2.0)
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4. My Thoughts Exactly: “‘Black Hole’ by Melany Amante Mabao Maguindanao” (May 1, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7935.0)
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5. You Asked Me This Question Retrospective: “Which construction is correct: ‘My brother and I…’ or ‘I and my brother…’?” (May 1, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7536.0)
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6. Use and Misuse Retrospective: “Why an object needn’t follow the verb ‘told’” (April 30, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7535.0)
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7. A Media English Watch Retrospective: “Frenzied arrival reporting, this time for the ASEAN Summit dignitaries” (April 29, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6884.0)
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8. Forum Lounge Retrospective: “A Filipino-Australian woman on helping people write and speak good English” (April 29, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7533.0)
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9. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “Some informal prescriptions for better writing in English” (April 28, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6031.0)
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10. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “Ferreting out truth and falsehood from the flood of poll propaganda” (April 28, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=638.0)
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11. Advice and Dissent Retrospective: “194 cutting-edge readings about recent scientific developments” (April 28, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6569.0)
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12. Going Back to the English Grammar Basics: “Getting reacquainted with the subordinating conjunctions” (April 27, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6883.0)
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13. Language Humor At Its Finest: “50 puns about crime and lawbreakers” (April 27, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1348.0)
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CLASSIC FORUM POSTINGS (9 postings):
1. Meditation on Our Digitized World: “The Tree of Life” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=140.0)
(Originally posted June 19, 2009)
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2. 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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3. “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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4. 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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5. “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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6. “Conversations (2): A serious bad-grammar syndrome” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6761.0)
(Reposted January 18, 2017)
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7. “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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8. “Lost in Translation” - 1 and 2 (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6746.0)
(Posted December 30, 2016)
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9. “Indignities in American minor” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6721.0)
(Posted October 27, 2016)
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