Jose Carillo's English Forum
The Latest Buzz! => Site Announcements => Topic started by: Joe Carillo on February 27, 2021, 09:01:31 AM
-
PLAYLIST UPDATE (February 20 - 26, 2021) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(14 new postings, 11 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. Advice and Dissent: “Gemma Cruz Araneta’s commentary on the history book ‘An Island They Called Mazaua’” (February 26, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8331.0)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/commentary-on-mazaua-book-1A2.png)
2. Getting to Know English Better: “Avoiding improper uses of the conjunction ‘as’” (February 25, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8334.0)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/the-subordinating-conjunctions-1A3.png)
3. You Asked Me This Question Retrospective: “It’s not good to strand a direct object at the end of the main clause” (February 26, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7444.0)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/when-a-direct-object_gets-stranded-1A1.png)
4. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “When saying it once isn't enough” (February 26, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=183.0)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/teacher-talking-to-students_image-1A1.png)
5. A Provocative Reading You Might Have Missed: “Can bad sex in literary fiction be just as enlightening as good ones?” (February 26, 2020) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1097.0)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/lady-chatterley's-lover_comics-illustration-1A1.png)
6. Dealing with the Primary Moods in English: “Wow, a devilishly equivocal English grammar question!” (February 25, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6817.0)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/three-major-english-moods-1A2.png)
7. Readings in Language Retrospective: “Reverse-engineering the human brain to make ourselves smarter” (February 25, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=5128.0)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/to-create-a-mind_bookcover-1A1.png)
8. Getting To Know English Better Retrospective: “Logic and language” (February 24, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=397.0)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/godiva-on-horseback_idiomatics-1A1.png)
9. Language Humor at its Finest: “32 words of wisdom with a humorous touch” (February 24, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=5028.0)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/humorous-words-of-wisdom-1A1.png)
10. Advice and Dissent—Urgent Retrospective: “Belief without evidence to support it is always morally wrong” (February 24, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7758.0)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/belief-without-basis_morally-wrong-1A1.png)
11. My Media English Watch Retrospective: “The perils of misusing literary allusions in feature stories” (February 23, 2021 ) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1519.0)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/scene-from-macbeth_literary-allusion-1A1.png)
12. Refresher on the Basics of Expository Devices: “How ‘on the contrary’ and ‘to the contrary’ differ” (February 23, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=395.0)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/on-the-contrary_vs_to-the-contrary-1A1.png)
13. You Asked Me This Question: “An encounter with an elliptical sentence (A syntax query)” (February 23, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7863.0)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/how-ellipsis-works_image-1A1.png)
14. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “When a tremendously popular song legitimizes a grammatical atrocity” (February 22, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1057.0)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/get-off-of-my-cloud_rollingstones-1B1.png)
CLASSIC FORUM POSTINGS (11 postings):
1. Advice and Dissent: “New history book asserts that the lost island of Mazaua is the true site of the first Holy Mass in the Philippines” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8315.0)
(Originally posted January 8, 2021)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/Mazaua-Book_front-cover-1A2s.png)
2. 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)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/clifford&umbrella-girl_composite-1M2.png)
3. Meditation on Our Digitized World: “The Tree of Life” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=140.0)
(Originally posted June 19, 2009)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/TreeofKnowledge-M1.png)
4. 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)
5. “The Lovely Clichés Worth Keeping” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6738.0)
(Originally posted circa 2002 Reposted December 16, 2016)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/LovelyCliches-6.jpg)
6. 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)
7. “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)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/RizalLoves-2C.jpg)
8. “Conversations (2): A serious bad-grammar syndrome” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6761.0)
(Reposted January 18, 2017)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/PopeJohnPaul_Manila-5D.jpg)
9. “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)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/PStar_Boobs-C.png)
10. “Lost in Translation” - 1 and 2 (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6746.0)
(Posted December 30, 2016)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/translation_problems-2D.jpg)
11. “Indignities in American minor” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6721.0)
(Posted October 27, 2016)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/liberty.png)
Click this link to earlier Playdate features! (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8329.0)
Visit the Jose Carillo Forum Homepage! (http://josecarilloforum.com/)