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The Latest Buzz! => Site Announcements => Topic started by: Joe Carillo on November 15, 2019, 08:11:22 AM
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PLAYLIST UPDATE (NOVEMBER 9 - 15, 2019) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(19 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 Better: “Is your ‘were’ in the indicative or subjunctive mood?” (November 14, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8095.0)
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2. The Grammar of English Pronouns Revisited: “Handling pronouns with unclear antecedents” (November 14, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7763.0)
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3. Language Humor At Its Finest: “50 Put-Down One-Liners About Men—By Women, of Course!” (November 13, 2019)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1330.0)
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4. Getting To Know English: “A full-dress review of the kinds of verbs in English – 5” (November 14, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7764.0)
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5. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “The great importance of parallel construction in presenting ideas” (November 15, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7765.0)
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6. The Forum Lounge: Maximo Tumbali's "Impressions of a Brief Sojourn in Japan" (November 13, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8092.0)
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7. A Reading You Might Have Missed: “Presumptuous reporting in political journalism” (November 13, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6609.0)
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8. Dealing With Annoying English Grammar Errors (3rd of a 14-part series): “Getting rid of squinting modifiers from our prose” (November 13, 2019) (http://tinyurl.com/ycufa3s5)
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9. Getting to Know English Retrospective: “Using synonyms to enliven prose” (November 13, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7762.0)
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10. Language Humor at its Finest Retrospective: “Top 100 Funniest One-liners” (November 12, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1296.0)
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11. Use and Misuse: “A style guide for writing in English” (November 12, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7761.0)
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12. The Forum Lounge: “Phenomenal rock star Freddie Mercury sings ‘Barcelona’ for the ages” (November 12, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7319.0)
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13. You Asked Me This Question Retrospective: “A doubtful comparative-transition phrase” (November 11, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7215.0)
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14. Readings in Language Retrospective: “Charming take on writers as not-so-great conversationalists” (November 11, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7214.0)
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15. Dealing with the most annoying grammar errors (2nd of 14 parts): “The havoc that dangling modifiers do” (November 11, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7210.0)
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16. Advice and Dissent Retrospective: “Belief without evidence is always morally wrong” (November 10, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7758.0)
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17. You Asked Me This Question: “The difference between elliptical sentences and elliptical clauses” (November 10, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7759.0)
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18. Readings in Language: “Jonah Lehrer’s book ‘Imagine’ discredited and subsequently recalled by its publisher” (November 10, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=2328.0)
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19. Getting to Know English: “4 specific applications of the parallelism rules” (November 9, 2019) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7209.0)
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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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