Jose Carillo's English Forum
The Latest Buzz! => Site Announcements => Topic started by: Joe Carillo on May 06, 2021, 08:50:35 PM
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PLAYLIST UPDATE (May 1 - 7, 2021) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(12 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 – Part 7” (May 6, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8371.0)
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2. Going Back to the English Grammar Basics: “Getting reacquainted with the conjunctive adverbs” (May 4, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6888.0)
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3. Getting To Know English Better: “The present participle and past participle as modifiers – I” (May 3, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7537.0)
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4. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “Ferreting out truth and falsehood from the flood of propaganda” (May 3, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=638.0)
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5. A World Without English: “A cautionary tale of a man’s deep aversion to change” (May 4, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6228.0)
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6. You Asked Me This Question: “What the origin of the word ‘gaslighting’ is and other questions” (May 1, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8366.0)
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7. Time Out From Grammar Retrospective: “When the joy of the task becomes the strongest motivation to do it” (May 6, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1454.0)
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8. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “Quick quiz on wayward modifiers” (May 1, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=2.0)
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9. Retrospective on Matters of Consistency: “The art of avoiding needless voice shifts” (May 3, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6887.0)
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10. Getting to Know English Retrospective: “Don’t get caught using wrong double negatives!”” (May 1, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8190.0)
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11. You Asked Me This Question: “Is there an English word for ‘malasakit’?” (May 6, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6889.0)
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12. You Asked Me This Question Retrospective: “Which construction is correct: ‘My brother and I…’ or ‘I and my brother…’?” (May 1, 2021) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7536.0)
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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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