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2018: "English Plain and Simple" columns in The Manila Times
(This listing is in reverse chronological order, the latest first. To access and read a particular column, simply click the indicated link.)
December 27, 2018:
Options for avoiding officious subjunctive sentences (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7808.0)
December 20, 2018:
Letter from Germany on how synonyms and pleonasms differ (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7798.0)
December 13, 2018:
What to do when the subject is a very long noun form (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7791.0)
December 6, 2018:
“Which,” “that,” and other grammar pitfalls (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7784.0)
November 29, 2018:
A full-dress review of the verb types in English - 7 (How the English modal auxiliary verbs work) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7779.0)
November 22, 2018:
A full-dress review of the verb types in English - 6 (How many auxiliary verbs are there in English? - 4) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7770.0)
November 15, 2018:
A full-dress review of the verb types in English - 5 (Distinguishing auxiliary verbs from linking verbs - 3) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7764.0)
November 8, 2018:
A full-dress review of the verb types in English - 4 (Linking verbs - 2) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7755.0)
November 1, 2018:
A full-dress review of the verb types in English - 3 (Verbs to connect and tie up loose ends- 1) (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7747.0)
October 25, 2018:
A full-dress review of the verb types in English - 2 (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7736.0)
October 18, 2018:
A full-dress review of the verb types in English - 1 (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7725.0)
October 11, 2018:
Never strand a direct object at the end of the main clause (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7718.0)
October 4, 2018:
How to reduce adjective clauses to adjective phrases – 2 (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7709.0)
September 27, 2018:
How to reduce adjective clauses to adjective phrases – 1 (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7702.0)
September 20, 2018:
How to reduce adverb clauses to adverb phrases (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7692.0)
September 13, 2018:
How the noun clause, adjective clause, and adverb clause differ (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7684.0)
September 6, 2018:
Even more pragmatic uses of sentence inversion (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7676.0)
August 30, 2018:
Inverted sentences as transitional devices (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7666.0)
August 23, 2018:
Some baffling aspects of inverted sentences (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7656.0)
August 16, 2018:
Making nominalization work for our prose (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7647.0)
August 9, 2018:
The historical present and rhetorical present tense (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7638.0)
August 2, 2018:
Precisely when is ‘were’ in the indicative or subjunctive mood? (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7628.0)
July 26, 2018:
An unnerving encounter with faulty adverb usage (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7619.0)
July 19, 2018:
Can a modifier dangle legitimately under some circumstances - 2? (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7616.0)
July 12, 2018:
Can a modifier dangle legitimately under some circumstances - 1? (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7609.0)
July 5, 2018:
Can the indefinite articles be used with uncountable nouns? (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7607.0)
June 28, 2018:
Using euphemism to cushion the blow of request rejections (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7604.0)
June 21, 2018:
Two often interchangeable forms of the English future tense (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7600.0)
June 14, 2018:
Is there a fail-safe rule for using “fewer” or “less”? (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7594.0)
June 7, 2018:
“All” can actually mean “totality,” “everything” or even “nothing but” (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7585.0)
May 31, 2018:
It’s foolhardy to stop learning English grammar just like that! (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7572.0)
May 25, 2018:
A puzzling usage of ‘which’ to introduce a relative clause (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7562.0)
May 17, 2018:
Beware that mass nouns are distinct from collective nouns (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7551.0)
May 10, 2018:
The present participle and past participle as modifiers - II (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7545.0)
May 3, 2018:
The present participle and past participle as modifiers - I (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7537.0)
April 26, 2018:
The specific timelines for the perfect tenses - 2 (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7528.0)
April 19, 2018:
The perfect tenses as a major grammar challenge - 1 (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7520.0)
April 12, 2018:
Hyphenating compound modifiers for clarity (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7505.0)
April 5, 2018:
Using a pair of commas in vain can cause great trouble (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7496.0)
March 29, 2018:
When an entire clause functions as a noun or adjective (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7490.0)
March 22, 2018:
Some perplexing aspects of noun usage in English (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7476.0)
March 15, 2018:
The dangers of overstating yourself (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7466.0)
March 8, 2018:
Appositives as open secret to more engaging writing (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7456.0)
March 1, 2018:
The four forms that absolute phrases take (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7446.0)
February 22, 2018:
The subtle job that absolute phrases do (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7437.0)
February 15, 2018:
The baffling thing about absolute phrases (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7427.0)
February 8, 2018:
The flexible positions of participial phrases (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7412.0)
February 1, 2018:
How participles and participial phrases work (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7403.0)
January 25, 2018:
How gerund phrases work (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7391.0)
January 18, 2018:
How infinitive phrases work (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7374.0)
January 11, 2018:
The choice between gerunds and infinitives (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7355.0)
January 4, 2018:
How gerunds and infinitives work (http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7338.0)