Jose Carillo's English Forum
The Latest Buzz! => Site Announcements => Topic started by: Joe Carillo on April 25, 2020, 08:54:09 AM
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PLAYLIST UPDATE (APRIL 18 - 24, 2020) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(12 new postings, 10 classic 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: “The problem with overellipted sentence constructions” (April 23, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8187.0)
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2. Going Deeper Into Language: “Teaching our children to think logically” (April 23, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7108.0)
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3. Language Humor at its Finest: “26 funny sayings & witty puns” (April 25, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6105.0)
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4. You Asked Me This Question Retrospective: “Prepositions at work in prepositional idioms” (April 25, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7930.0)
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5. Real-World Application of Lewis Carroll’s “Symbolic Logic”: “Two simple sentences that create semantic conundrums” (April 24, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6466.0)
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6. You Asked Me This Question: “How do present simple sentences differ from present continuous sentences?” (April 23, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7526.0)
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7. Language Humor At Its Finest Retrospective: “Getting a squiggly yet very instructive hang of world history” (April 22, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7083.0)
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8. Readings in Language Retrospective: “Tolkien: A name destined for philological studies and the creation of imaginary works” (April 22, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7928.0)
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9. Essays by Jose Carillo: “Misuse of ‘lie’ and ‘lay’ punctures many writers’ command of English” (April 20, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1124.0)
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10. You Asked Me This Question Retrospective: “Which of the indefinite pronouns are singular or plural?” (April 20, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7521.0)
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11. Timely Retrospective For The Covid-19 Lockdown: “Incredulous over an ever-loving omnipotent creator consumed by an endless rage” (April 20, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7786.0)
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12. Language Humor At Its Finest: “40 choice paraprosdokians to make sense of our times” (April 19, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6408.0)
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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)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/Charlotte_Church-Josh Groban_The Prayer-1A.jpg) (http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/charice_canadiantenors-3B.jpg)
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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