Jose Carillo's English Forum
The Latest Buzz! => Site Announcements => Topic started by: Joe Carillo on November 21, 2020, 10:13:31 AM
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PLAYLIST UPDATE (November 14 - 20, 2020) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(15 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: “When notional agreement overrides grammatical agreement” (November 19, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8290.0)
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2. Getting to Know English Retrospective: “The maverick behavior of verbs in the subjunctive mood” (November 15, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7769.0)
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3. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “An English-language conundrum (or ‘In how many ways can you skin a cat?’)” (November 15, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=381.0)
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4. You Asked Me This Question Retrospective: “The ‘who’/‘whom’ grammar conundrum revisited” (November 20, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8099.0)
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5. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “Noble Thoughts in Similar Jeopardy” (November 20, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=21.0)
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6. This Isn’t A Joke But Serious Business: “Take this IQ test to check how intelligent you really are!” (November 20, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6489.0)
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7. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “Looking More Closely at Our Dictionaries” (November 19, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=3.0)
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8. A Reading You Might Have Missed: “What’s deemed as proper English really only a matter of fashion“ (November 19, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=2575.0)
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9. My Media English Watch Retrospective: “Usage of the phrase ‘on the ground’ in official circles getting out of hand“ (November 19, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6729.0)
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10. Forum Lounge Retrospective: “Oodles of reasons to love (or hate) the Philippines!” (November 18, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1365.0)
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11. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “Your handling of numbers and time reflects the clarity of your thinking” (November 18, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=674.0)
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12. Readings in Language Retrospective: “Inoculating ourselves against all those bits of journalistic nonsense” (November 18, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=368.0)
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13. Language Humor At Its Finest Retrospective: “Funny typos and grammar errors that bug real church bulletins” (November 17, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6386.0)
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14. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “English in a Used Jar” (November 17, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=69.0)
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15. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “What to do when a simple indicative sentence just can’t make your point” (November 17, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6012.0)
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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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