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PLAYLIST UPDATE (Oct. 28 - Nov. 3, 2017) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(12 new postings):
1. The Key to More Readable, More Engaging English – III: “Sustaining parallel patterns all the way” (November 2, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7194.0)
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2. Retrospective: “A novelist in ill health races with time to finish a masterpiece” (November 2, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7195.0)
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3. “Can the indefinite articles be used with uncountable nouns?” (November 1, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7192.0)
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4. Retrospective: “Two magnificent performances of ‘The Prayer’ spaced 10 years apart” (October 31, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6768.0)
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5. Two Poetry Readings: Dylan Thomas's “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” and “And Death Shall Have No Dominion” (October 31, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7188.0)
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6. Meditation on Our Digitized World: “The Tree of Life” (October 31, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7187.0)
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7. Incredible But Historically True: “Overcome with Civil War death, Americans turned to spirit photography” (October 30, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7186.0)
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8. Time Out from English Grammar: “Readings for Halloween and All Saints’ Day/All Souls’ Day” (October 30, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7184.0)
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9. Keeping Faith With Our Own Home Planet: "Justine Hofman's Seahorse Photograph" (October 29, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7182.0)
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10. Retrospective on English in Different Registers (Last of a 4-Part Series): “When educators befuddle” (October 28, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6773.0)
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11. Retrospective: "A brand-new word for ‘French kiss’ finally enters the French lexicon" (October 28, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=5976.0)
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12. Retrospective on Different Language Registers (3rd of a 4-Part Series): “The perils of misusing literary allusions in feature stories” (October 28, 2017) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1519.0)
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CLASSIC FORUM POSTINGS (8 postings):
1. 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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2. “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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3. 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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4. “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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5. “Conversations (2): A serious bad-grammar syndrome” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6761.0)
(Reposted January 18, 2017)
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6. “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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7. “Lost in Translation” - 1 and 2 (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6746.0)
(Posted December 30, 2016)
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8. “Indignities in American minor” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6721.0)
(Posted October 27, 2016)
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