Jose Carillo's English Forum
The Latest Buzz! => Site Announcements => Topic started by: Joe Carillo on March 29, 2023, 09:00:04 PM
-
PLAYLIST UPDATE (March 25 - 31, 2023) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(14 new postings, 11 classic posts:
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 Know English Better: “When the object of the action is the doer itself” (March 30, 2023) (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8789.0)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/the-reflexive-pronouns_chart-1B7.png)
2. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “Using the serial comma isn’t just a matter of stylistic preference” (March 27, 2023) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1111.0)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/why-oxford-comma_a-must-use-1Y1.png)
3. You Asked Me This Question: ““Does the excessive use of ellipses becloud the sense of sentences” (March 27, 2023) (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6040.0)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/overuse-of-ellipses-1Y1.png)
4. Getting To Know English Better: “How English auxiliary verbs differ from linking verbs” (March 27, 2023) (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8168.0)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/what-are-linking-verbs-1Y1.png)
5. Use and Misuse Retrospective: “Avoiding sexism in our English” (March 25, 2023) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6847.0)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/equality-for-all_composite-image-1A5.png)
6. Badly Written, Badly Spoken: “The proper possessive adjective for the pronoun ‘everybody’” (March 25, 2023) (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6437.0)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/his-or-her_usage-1A.png)
7. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “Giving a touch of authority to our prose” (March 25, 2023) (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=171.0)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/knight-on-attack-mode-1Y5.png)
8. On a Lark While in the Best of Health: “Take an IQ test to find out how intelligent you are” (March 27, 2023) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6489.0)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/IQpyramid-images-1A.jpg)
9. Language Humor At Its Finest: “54 news headlines that went awry” (March 27, 2023) (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=917.0)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/funny-headlines_composite-1D2.png)
10. You Asked Me This Question Retrospective: “Is it correct to use the verb ‘invite’ as a noun?” (March 27, 2023) (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=271.0)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/don't-use-invite-as noun-1Y1.png)
11. Time Out from Grammar Retrospective: “Two memorable and truly inspiring commencement speeches” (March 27, 2023) (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6878.0)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/two-inspiring-commencement-speeches-1Y1.png)
12. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “My misgivings when people wish me more power” (March 25, 2023) (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=973.0)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/no-to-more-power-wishes-1Y1.png)
13. You Asked Me This Question: “Puzzling over the grammar and semantics of a statement” (March 25, 2023) (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7895.0)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/a-way-with-words_image-1Y1.png)
14. Language Humor at its Finest Retrospective: “Top 100 funniest one-liners in the Encycopedia of Humor” (March 25, 2023) (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1296.0)
(http://josecarilloforum.com/imgs/100TopQuotes_composite-M5.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! (https://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8781.0)
Visit the Jose Carillo Forum Homepage! (http://josecarilloforum.com/)