Jose Carillo's English Forum
The Latest Buzz! => Site Announcements => Topic started by: Joe Carillo on May 08, 2020, 07:57:22 PM
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PLAYLIST UPDATE (MAY 2 - 8, 2020) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(14 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 Better: “Are you using ‘were’ in the indicative or subjunctive?” (May 7, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8192.0)
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2. Essays by Joe Carillo Retrospective: “The reign of the dreadful clichés” (May 8, 2020) (http://cliches-galore_composite-image-1A1.png)
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3. Language Humor At Its Finest: “53 memorable quotes from famous celebrities over the years” (May 8, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1249.0)
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4. Forum Lounge Retrospective: New York Times Op-Docs episode--“Verbatim: What Is a Photocopier?” (May 8, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7342.0)
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5. English Use and Misuse Retrospective: “Gobbledygook na Ingles at Tagalog” (“Inday ng Buhay Natin”) (May 7, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1452.0)
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6. You Asked Me This Question: “The choice between ‘whether it is’ and ‘whether it be’” (May 6, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7540.0)
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7. Language Humor at its Finest: “Snarky translations of common scientific research phrases” (May 7, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6591.0)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/baffling-language-of-science-1A1.png)
8. Getting to Know English Retrospective: “Dealing wisely with negatives” (May 6, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6889.0)
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9. Advice and Dissent Retrospective: “Things nasty you might do if you’ve already mastered your English” (May 5, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=50.0)
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10. Getting To Know English Better: “The present participle and past participle as modifiers – I” (May 4, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7537.0)
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11. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “A cautionary tale of a man’s deep aversion to change” (May 4, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6228.0)
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12. You Asked Me This Question: “Precisely when do we use the past progressive tense?” (May 2, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7936.0)
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13. You Asked Me This Question: “Which construction is correct: ‘My brother and I…’ or ‘I and my brother…’?” (May 1, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7536.0)
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14. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “Quick quiz on wayward modifiers” (May 1, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=2.0)
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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)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/Valentine_romance-1A.jpg)
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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