Jose Carillo's English Forum
The Latest Buzz! => Site Announcements => Topic started by: Joe Carillo on April 23, 2021, 01:37:42 PM
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PLAYLIST UPDATE (April 17 - 23, 2021) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(11 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 – 5” (April 22, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8361.0)
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2. Going Deeper Into Language Retrospective: “Teaching our children to think logically” (April 23, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7108.0)
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3. You Asked Me This Question: “How present simple sentences differ from present continuous sentences” (April 23, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7526.0)
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4. You Asked Me This Question: “Which of the indefinite pronouns are singular or plural?” (April 21, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7521.0)
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5. Media English Watch Retrospective: “Let’s be firm on whether the name ‘Philippines’ is singular or plural” (April 21, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6874.0)
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6. Essays by Jose A. Carillo: “When notional agreement prevails over plain grammatical agreement” (April 17, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6534.0)
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7. Readings in Language Retrospective: “Tolkien: A name destined for philological studies and the creation of imaginary works” (April 22, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7928.0)
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8. Language Humor At Its Finest: “Getting a squiggly yet very instructive hang of world history” (April 22, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7928.0)
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9. Essays by Jose Carillo: “Misuse of “lie” and “lay” punctures many writers’ command of English” (April 21, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1124.0)
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10. Question Foremost in Most Laypeople’s Minds: “Why are legal documents not in plain and simple English” (April 13, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6871.0)
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11. Use and Misuse Retrospective: “When it becomes a must to split infinitives for clarity’s sake” (April 17, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7512.0)
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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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