Jose Carillo's English Forum
The Latest Buzz! => Site Announcements => Topic started by: Joe Carillo on April 01, 2021, 07:29:57 PM
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PLAYLIST UPDATE (March 27 - April 2, 2021) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(13 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: “Getting our Philippine history right after 500 years – 2” (April 1, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8351.0)
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2. Getting To Know English Retrospective: “Dealing decisively with the ‘who’ vs. ‘whom’ conundrum” (April 1, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6855.0)
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3. Use and Misuse Retrospective: “The grammar of English conditional sentences” (March 30, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6854.0)
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4. Prickly Problem With An Idiomatic Phrase “‘With regard to,’ ‘with regards to,’ or ‘as regards to’” (March 31, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6853.0)
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5. Time Out from Grammar Retrospective: “Is it time to kill off the grand idea of Richard Dawkins’ ‘Selfish Gene’? (March 31, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6175.0)
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6. Students’ Sounding Board Retrospective: “How to use ‘to have been’ and ‘having been’” (March 30, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1678.0)
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7. Time Out From English Grammar: “Measuring up to the human body’s perfection in architectural terms” (March 30, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=2291.0)
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8. Language Humor At Its Finest Retrospective: “When children define science in their own terms” (March 29, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7080.0)
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9. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “Open secret to writing prose that leaps out from the page” (March 30, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6372.0)
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10. Time Out From English Grammar Retrospective: “A cordial invitation to discover the hidden majesty of mathematics” (March 31, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6084.0)
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11. Time Out From English Grammar: “Oh, the sweet bird of happiness finally looks like it’s in the bag!” (March 31, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6125.0)
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12. Forum Lounge Retrospective: “‘Pun-ography’: Wordplay to make you smile” (March 31, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=2572.0)
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13. Forum Lounge Retrospective: “23 stunning, magically beautiful sights from all over the world” (March 29, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6153.0)
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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)
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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)
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3. 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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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)
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5. “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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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)
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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)
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8. “Conversations (2): A serious bad-grammar syndrome” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6761.0)
(Reposted January 18, 2017)
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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)
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10. “Lost in Translation” - 1 and 2 (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6746.0)
(Posted December 30, 2016)
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11. “Indignities in American minor” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6721.0)
(Posted October 27, 2016)
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