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The Latest Buzz! => Site Announcements => Topic started by: Joe Carillo on August 30, 2019, 01:03:11 PM
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PLAYLIST UPDATE (August 24 - 30, 2019) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(15 new postings):
For quick access to the Forum’s featured English grammar refreshers and general interest stories, simply click their indicated web links below:
1. You Asked Me This Question: “Do we say ‘in the street’ or ‘on the street’?” (August 28, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8035.0)
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2. A Forum Lounge Retrospective: “The pressing need to curb religious rhetoric that breeds fanaticism” (August 29, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=605.0)
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3. Getting to Know English Better: “Inverted sentences as transitional devices” (August 29, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7666.0)
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4. Use and Misuse Retrospective: “For good or ill, the Filipino word ‘hulidap’ enters global lexicon” (August 29, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=947.0)
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5. How English and Science Savvy are You? “44 actual misphrased statements from student science exams” (August 28, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=2312.0)
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6. Time Out From English Grammar Retrospective: “‘The face that launched a thousand ships’ was likely a what?” (August 28, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7665.0)
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7. Advice and Dissent Retrospective: “How society favors the beautiful in practically all aspects of life” (August 27, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=2063.0)
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8. Back to the English Grammar Basics: “Choosing the correct modifiers for our verbs” (August 27, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7051.0)
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9. Language Humor At Its Finest: “40 puns on the job” (August 27, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1359.0)
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10. A Silent Fire Retrospective: “Giving justice to J.R.R. Tolkien” (August 27, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7662.0)
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11. Time Out From English Grammar Retrospective: “Science works only because it feeds on curiosity and breaks its own rules” (August 26, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6015.0)
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12. A Post-Birthday Retrospective: “Redux: A Special 2016 Year-End Folio of My Essays” (August 26, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6748.0)
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13. Language Humor at its Finest: “Not for the tongue-tied: Tagalog tongue-twisters just this once” (August 25, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6581.0)
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14. Just a Little Retrospective About This Day: “No need to hold 'celebrant' in a straightjacket” (August 24, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6875.0)
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15. Logic and Critical Thinking Retrospective: “Watching out against the fallacies of relevance – 3” (August 24, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7042.0)
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CLASSIC FORUM POSTINGS (10 postings):
1. Advice and Dissent: “Belief without evidence to support it is always morally wrong” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7758.0)
(Originally posted November 10, 2018)
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2. 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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3. 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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4. “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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5. 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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6. “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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7. “Conversations (2): A serious bad-grammar syndrome” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6761.0)
(Reposted January 18, 2017)
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8. “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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9. “Lost in Translation” - 1 and 2 (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6746.0)
(Posted December 30, 2016)
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10. “Indignities in American minor” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6721.0)
(Posted October 27, 2016)
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