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The Latest Buzz! => Site Announcements => Topic started by: Joe Carillo on July 17, 2020, 02:00:29 PM
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PLAYLIST UPDATE (JULY 11 - 17, 2020) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(17 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: “Complications when using hyphenated possessives” (July 16, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8243.0)
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2. My Media English Watch Retrospective: “Danglers, misplaced modifier, bad word choice spoil a fine media grammar day” (July 16, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=194.0)
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3. You Asked Me This Question Retrospective: “When people ask a question within a question” (July 17, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1588.0)
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4. Fascinating English Grammar Basic: “‘That’ and its many grammatical uses” (July 17, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6967.0)
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5. Advice and Dissent - Double Retrospective: “What women should have and know by the time they’re 30” and “Ten Things a Man Should Know or Be Able to Do by the Time He’s 30” (July 16, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=2600.0)
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6. You Asked Me This Question Retrospective: “What’s the difference between ‘going to’ and ‘will’?” (July 16, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1911.0)
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7. Enticing Morsel for (Maybe) Grammar Nazis: “An excruciatingly tough subject-verb agreement puzzler” (July 16, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=37.0)
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8. Going Deeper Into Language Retrospective: “The need for logical thinking in our everyday life” (July 16, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6958.0)
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9. Very Interesting Reading You Might Have Missed: “How the human brain establishes and reinforces beliefs as truths” (July 15, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1599.0)
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10. The Forum Lounge Retrospective: Gerry T. Galacio's “Insights on provisions and mechanisms of the Family Code of the Philippines” (July 14, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7999.0)
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11. Back To English Grammar Basics: “When an entire clause functions as a noun or adjective” (July 14, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6959.0)
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12. Language Humor At Its Finest: “Dictionary of performance evaluation comments” (July 13, 2020)
http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1055.0
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13. Time Out From English Grammar Retrospective: “The immense power of the right habits to transform one’s life” (July 13, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=2246.0)
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14. Going Deeper Into English Retrospective: “33 Modern English Essays” (July 12, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=20.0)
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15. Time Out From English Grammar: “Scientist says 150 is the most number of friends one can comfortably have” (July 12, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1536.0)
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16. The Hazards of Modifier Misplacement: “When ‘only’ goes haywire” (July 11, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=784.0)
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17. The Forum Lounge Retrospective: “33 Golden Nuggets of Inspiration” July 11, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1564.0)
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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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