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The Latest Buzz! => Site Announcements => Topic started by: Joe Carillo on October 25, 2019, 09:22:09 AM
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PLAYLIST UPDATE (October 19 - 25, 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. Getting to Know English Much Better: “Don’t let ‘can,’ ‘could,’ ‘will,’ and ‘would’ baffle you anymore” (October 24, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8076.0)
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2. Readings in Language Retrospective: “Homer’s classic ‘Iliad’ rendered in four English language registers” (October 25, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1875.0)
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3. Language Humor at its Finest Retrospective: “28 + 1 Funny Signs Found on Real Businesses” (October 25, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=869.0)
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4. You Asked Me This Question: “What’s a nice, better way to announce the opening of a new bridge?” (October 23, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8075.0)
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5. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “One More Time About Six One-Word, Two-Word Mix-ups” (October 23, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=205.0)
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6. My Media English Watch Retrospective: “Doing battle with the recurrent misuse of the conjunction ‘as’” (October 23, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7172.0)
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7. Use and Misuse Retrospective: “Making use of the social media to polish one’s English” (October 23, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7733.0)
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8. Getting to Know English Better: “When the object of the verb is the doer itself” (October 22, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7754.0)
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9. The Forum Lounge Retrospective: “The grand embodiment of all that’s fraudulent in American mass culture” (October 22, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1170.0)
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10. Language Humor At Its Finest: “If what’s said doesn’t make sense, go ask your doctor” (October 21, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6527.0)
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11. The Forum Lounge: Gerry T. Galacio’s “A treasure trove of lessons in photojournalism and English proficiency” (October 21, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8072.0)
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12. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “So which do we use: a gerund, a full infinitive, or a bare infinitive?” (October 20, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6136.0)
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13. Time Out From English Grammar Retrospective: “Copernicus’ heliocentric theory as the mother of all paradigm shifts” (October 19, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=330.0)
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14. Getting to Know English Retrospective: “Parallelism as a mark of good writing” (October 19, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7165.0)
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15. Notable Works by Our Very Own Retrospective: “The quiet, little pleasures of reading Bienvenido Santos” (October 18, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=123.0)
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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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