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The Latest Buzz! => Site Announcements => Topic started by: Joe Carillo on January 02, 2021, 07:44:23 AM
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PLAYLIST UPDATE (December 27, 2020 - January 2, 2021) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(16 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: “Disrupting the declarative sentence pattern for emphasis” (January 1, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8308.0)
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2. A Forum Lounge Special: “A stage musical presentation to take your breath away!” (December 28, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8310.0)
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3. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “Looking back to the 18 years that I’ve been writing on English usage and later moderating this Forum” (January 1, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6754.0)
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4. You Asked Me This Question Retrospective: “Is ‘fiscalizer’ a legitimate word in the English language?” (December 31, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=521.0)
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5. Time Out From English Grammar “Geniuses are clear proof that people are not created equal” (December 29, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6051.0)
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6. Special Rizal Day Retrospective: “A life as multilingual Filipino and citizen of the world” (December 30, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=506.0)
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7. Getting To Know English Better: “The seven uses of noun clauses – 3” (December 28, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7324.0)
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8. Forum Lounge Retrospective: “What was the world like during your birth year?” (December 28, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1127.0)
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9. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “Using causative and factitive verbs” (December 27, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=432.0)
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10. Language Humor At Its Finest Retrospective: “24 puzzling imponderables” (December 27, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=906.0)
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11. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “Fighting back against clichés” (December 27, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6745.0)
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12. Grammar Retrospective You Won’t Want to Miss: “Is it true that English has no future tense?” (December 27, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6019.0)
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13. An Essay on Language That You Might Have Missed: “When saying it once isn’t enough” (December 26, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=183.0)
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14. Time Out From English Grammar Retrospective: “Our morality’s chemistry hinges on a hormone, says neuroeconomist” (December 26, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=2540.0)
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15. Language Humor At Its Finest: “Handy Latin phrases for outsmarting or annoying snotty associates” (December 26, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=861.0)
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16. Essays by Jose Carillo: “The grammar of manners” (December 26, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=224.0)
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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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