Jose Carillo's English Forum
The Latest Buzz! => Site Announcements => Topic started by: Joe Carillo on February 06, 2020, 10:33:02 PM
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PLAYLIST UPDATE (FEBRUARY 1 - 7, 2020) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(14 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: “Back to the perfect infinitive using modals” (February 6, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8142.0)
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2. Advice and Dissent Retrospective: “The need to teach our children to think logically” (February 5, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6879.0)
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3. Time Out From English Grammar: “U.S. math professor stumbles on ancient Babylonian trick to simplify solving quadratic equations” (February 5, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8143.0)
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4. Getting to Know English: "Options for avoiding officious subjunctive sentences" (February 6, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7413.0)
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5. When What’s Meant Isn’t Exactly What’s Said: “The Nature of True Idioms” (February 5, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6789.0)
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6. Time Out From English Grammar Retrospective: “The real wonder is that humans ever discovered science at all” (February 4, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6443.0)
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7. Readings in Language: “Michel Montaigne as influential contemporary writer for all time” (February 3, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=816.0)
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8. Getting To Know English Retrospective: “Learning the English idioms” (February 3, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6787.0)
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9. Readings in Language: “A masterful guide to the craft of modern nonfiction writing” (February 3, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=5836.0)
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10. Language Humor at its Finest: “35 zany quotes and sayings” (February 3, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6209.0)
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11. Time Out From English Grammar Retrospective: “Cordial invitation to discover the hidden majesty of mathematics” (February 2, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6084.0)
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12. Forum Lounge Retrospective: “Pre-Valentine’s Day Quiz for incurable English-speaking romantics” (February 2, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6582.0)
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13. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “Waltzing on the Web” (February 1, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6915.0)
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14. Language Humor At Its Finest Retrospective: “A delightful hodgepodge of ‘sniglets’” (January 31, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7843.0)
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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”[/size] (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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