Jose Carillo's English Forum
The Latest Buzz! => Site Announcements => Topic started by: Joe Carillo on July 10, 2020, 11:06:03 AM
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PLAYLIST UPDATE (JULY 4 - 10, 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: “When splitting infinitives becomes a must for clarity’s sake” (July 9, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8241.0)
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2. Finest in Language Humor Retrospective: “Handy Latin phrases for outsmarting or annoying snotty associates” (July 7, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=861.0)
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3. My Media English Watch Retrospective: “The craft of writing headlines and titles – 1” (July 10, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7994.0)
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4. Advice and Dissent Retrospective: “Clarifying a key term in the impeachment process” (July 9, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7363.0)
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5. Essays by Jose Carillo: “Giving a touch of authority to our prose” (July 9, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=171.0)
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6. Time Out From English Grammar: “A cordial invitation to discover the hidden majesty of mathematics” (July 8, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6084.0)
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7. English Grammar and Usage Problematics: “The difference between ‘seeing’ and ‘watching’ a movie” (July 7, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6952.0)
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8. Time Out from English Grammar: “Finding the diamond in a slush pile of unpublishable books” (July 7, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1077.0)
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9. Time Out From English Grammar: “Copernicus’ heliocentric theory as the mother of all paradigm shifts” (July 6, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=330.0)
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10. Essays by Jose Carillo: “How to avoid stumbling when using the English comparatives” (July 6, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6843.0)
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11. Advice and Dissent Retrospective: “What’s the most influential book in the U.S. of the past 20 years?” (July 6, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7748.0)
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12. Advice and Dissent Retrospective: “Looking deeply into religious belief as a problem in international affairs” (July 6, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1156.0)
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13. Getting to Know English Retrospective: “Bedlam when a verb is very late in coming” (July 4, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7992.0)
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14. Recommended Self-Improvement Regimen: “How to improve your written and spoken English by really trying” (July 4, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6945.0)
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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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