Jose Carillo's English Forum
The Latest Buzz! => Site Announcements => Topic started by: Joe Carillo on February 16, 2023, 10:09:04 AM
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PLAYLIST UPDATE (February 11 - 17, 2023) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(15 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. Getting To Write English Better: “Using the subjunctive form more confidently – 1” (February 16, 2023) (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8759.0)
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2. Getting To Know English Better: “The baffling thing about absolute phrases” (February 15, 2023) (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7427.0)
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3. You Asked Me This Question Retrospective: “Does ‘nor’ always need ‘neither’ to work properly?” (February 14, 2023) (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7856.0)
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4. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “English in a used jar” (February 15, 2023) (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=69.0)
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5. Getting To Know English Better: “Appositives for more engaging writing” (February 13, 2023) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8147.0)
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6. My Media English Watch: “The use of ‘cuddling the enemy’ and other English malapropisms” (February 13, 2023) (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6804.0)
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7. Getting to Know English Better: “The art of avoiding needless voice shifts” (February 11, 2023) (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8326.0)
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8. Language Humor At Its Finest: “What the teacher says and what the teacher means” (February 11, 2023) (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7070.0)
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9. Time Out From English Grammar “Measuring up to the human body’s perfection in architectural terms” (February 15, 2023) (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=2291.0)
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10. Readings in Language Retrospective: “Using big data, research validates Pollyanna ‘Feel Happy’ Hypothesis” (February 15, 2023) (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6420.0)
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11. A Forum Lounge Retrospective: Jose Carillo's Essay “Waltzing on the Web” (February 14, 2023) (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6684.0)
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12. They'll Daze or At Least Amaze You: “25 English language oddities” (February 14, 2023) (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6092.0)
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13. A Forum Lounge Retrospective: Angel B. Casillan’s “A Beauty and a Love Verboten” (February 13, 2023) (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=2177.0)
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14. Advice and Dissent: “Research shows responsibility resides in how people interact, not in the brain” (February 13, 2023) (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1921.0)
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15. Going Way, Way Down Memory Lane: “Manila at the turn of the 20th century” (February 11, 2023) (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=315.0)
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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)
(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)
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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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