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The Latest Buzz! => Site Announcements => Topic started by: Joe Carillo on May 10, 2019, 01:06:42 PM
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PLAYLIST UPDATE (MAY 4 - 10, 2019) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(15 new postings):
1. Advice and Dissent: "Our personal destiny may already be hard-wired into our brain, British neuroscientist asserts" (May 10, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7942.0)
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2. Rediscovering the Linking Verbs: “Verbs to tie up loose ends” (May 10, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6892.0)
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3. Language Humor at its Finest: “21 enduring rules and truisms in business and personal affairs” (May 9, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7941.0)
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4. You Asked Me This Question: “Random questions that need a lot of explaining to answer” (May 9, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7939.0)
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5. Use and Misuse Retrospective: “‘Just plug it!’ or ‘Just plug it in!’”? (May 9, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7544.0)
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6. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “The reign of the dreadful clichés” (May 8, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=476.0)
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7. Forum Lounge Retrospective: YouTube Video: “Verbatim: What is a photocopier?” (May 8, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7342.0)
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8. Language Humor At Its Finest Retrospective: “53 memorable quotes from famous celebrities over the years” (May 8, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1249.0)
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9. English Use and Misuse Revisited: “Gobbledygook na Ingles at Tagalog” (“Inday ng Buhay Natin”) (May 7, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1452.0)
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10. Getting to Know English Retrospective: “Dealing wisely with negatives” (May 5, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6889.0)
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11. You Asked Me This Question: “The choice between ‘whether it is’ and ‘whether it be’” (May 5, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7540.0)
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12. Advice and Dissent Retrospective: “Things nasty you might do if you’ve already mastered your English” (May 5, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=50.0)
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13. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “A cautionary tale of a man’s deep aversion to change” (May 4, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6228.0)
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14. Going Back to the English Grammar Basics: “Getting reacquainted with the conjunctive adverbs” (May 4, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6888.0)
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15. Getting To Know English Better: “The present participle and past participle as modifiers – I” (May 4, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7537.0)
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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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