Jose Carillo's English Forum
The Latest Buzz! => Site Announcements => Topic started by: Joe Carillo on April 30, 2020, 07:27:32 PM
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PLAYLIST UPDATE (APRIL 25 - MAY 1, 2020) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(11 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. Getting to Know English: “Don’t get caught using wrong double negatives!” (April 30, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8190.0)
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2. Use and Misuse Retrospective: “Why an object needn’t follow the verb ‘told’” (April 30, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7535.0)
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3. Media English Watch Retrospective: “Frenzied arrival reporting, this time for the ASEAN Summit dignitaries” (April 29, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6884.0)
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4. Forum Lounge Retrospective: “A Filipino-Australian woman on helping people write and speak good English” (April 29, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7533.0)
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5. Advice and Dissent: “194 cutting-edge readings about recent scientific developments” (April 28, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6569.0)
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6. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “Some informal prescriptions for better writing in English” (April 28, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6031.0)
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7. Going Back to the English Grammar Basics: “Getting reacquainted with the subordinating conjunctions” (April 27, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6883.0)
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8. Language Humor At Its Finest: “50 puns about crime and lawbreakers” (April 27, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1348.0)
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9. Use and Misuse: “The proper use of ‘taken care of’” (April 26, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8188.0)
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10. Advice and Dissent Retrospective: “What women and men should have and know by the time they’re 30” (April 25, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=2600.0)
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11. You Asked Me this Question Retrospective: “Using the form that combines prepositions with ‘a preposition + which’” (April 25, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7527.0)
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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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