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The Latest Buzz! => Site Announcements => Topic started by: Joe Carillo on September 27, 2019, 08:21:00 AM
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PLAYLIST UPDATE (September 21 - 27, 2019) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
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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: “Can an adjective be used as a subject in a sentence?” (September 26, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8051.0)
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Forum member Michael Galario's rejoinder: “Yes, an adjective can be used as a subject in a sentence” (September 26, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8041.msg14412#msg14412)
2. Going Deeper Into English: “Learning the English idioms” (September 27, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7119.0)
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3. Language Humor at its Finest Retrospective: “31 nuggets of zany wisdom from the Humor Bin” (September 27, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6225.0)
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4. Quick Review of English Grammar Basics: “Forming negative sentences correctly” (September 27, 2019) (https://tinyurl.com/ybwc345c)
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5. Reflections On How We Reckon With Time: “The days of our lives” (September 24, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7115.0)
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6. You Asked Me This Question: “Absolute phrases don’t function in the same way as appositives” (September 24, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7696.0)
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7. Notable Works By Our Very Own: “Fil-Am blogger thrives on her uncommon freedom to negotiate the web” (September 23, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8049.0)
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8. Readings in Language Retrospective: “Thinking in numbers as effective, pleasant antidote for numerophobia” (September 23, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6014.0)
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9. Advice and Dissent Retrospective: “The open secret of the smartest kids in the whole world today” (September 23, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6032.0)
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10. Advice and Dissent Retrospective: “As one goes way past the prime of one’s life” (September 22, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=624.0)
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11. Language Humor At Its Finest: “20 highbrow jokes to wrack our brains and tickle our funnybones” (September 22, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6441.0)
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12. Advice and Dissent Retrospective: “Does religion confer a distinct survival advantage to humankind?” (September 22, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=553.0)
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13. Readings in Language Retrospective: “Five ostensibly factual expressions we need to take with a grain of salt” (September 22, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=5930.0)
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14. Students’ Sounding Board: “Figuring out three tough grammar puzzlers” (September 22, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1997.0)
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15. Use and Misuse Retrospective: “Questionable English grammar in the lyrics of a popular song” (September 21, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6825.0)
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16. Getting Into Logic and Critical Thinking: “Epilogue: Teaching our children to think logically” (September 21, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7108.0)
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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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