Jose Carillo's English Forum
The Latest Buzz! => Site Announcements => Topic started by: Joe Carillo on May 22, 2020, 08:10:43 PM
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PLAYLIST UPDATE (MAY 16 - 22, 2020) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(8 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: “How litotes and the double negative differ” (May 21, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8197.0)
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Plus:
Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: "My misgivings when people wish me more power" (October 23, 2010) (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=973.0)
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2. The Great Shift to Pragmatic Language: “Transitioning from academic to business English” (May 22, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6903.0)
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3. Getting to Know English Retrospective: “How elliptical sentences differ from elliptical clauses” (May 22, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7952.0)
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4. My Media English Watch Retrospective: Gerry T. Galacio’s “Does ‘journalese’ afflict Philippine journalism?” (May 21, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7951.0)
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5. Readings in Language Retrospective: “The triumph of English over Babel to become the language of science” (May 20, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6479.0)
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6. Language Humor At Its Finest Retrospective: “77 One-Line Clean Jokes” (May 18, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1585.0)
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7. The Lounge Retrospective: Forum Member Justine Aragones shares "Parenting Letter: Dear Mama and Papa" (May 18, 2014) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6219.0)
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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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