Playlist Update (Oct. 27 - Nov. 2, 2018) for the Forum Gateway on Facebook

[Joe Carillo]

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PLAYLIST UPDATE (OCTOBER 27 - NOVEMBER 2, 2018) FOR THE FORUM GATEWAY ON FACEBOOK
(21 new postings):

1. A Full-Dress Review of the Verbs in English –3: “The linking verbs” (November 1, 2018)


 

2. Advice and Dissent: “What’s the most influential academic book of the past 20 years?” (November 1, 2018)


 

3. Time Out From English Grammar: “200 years of real-life ghost stories for All Hallows’ Eve” (November 2, 2018)


 

4. Time Out From Grammar Retrospective: “What do you do if Medusa gazes at you or Dracula bites your neck?” (November 1, 2018)


 

5. Essays by Jose Carillo Retrospective: “The roots of English” (November 2, 2018)


 

6. Advice and Dissent Retrospective: “Why does the world exist? An existential detective story” (November 1, 2018)


 

7. Advice and Dissent Retrospective: “194 cutting-edge readings about contemporary scientific news” (November 1, 2018)


  

8. You Asked Me This Question Retrospective: “Can the indefinite articles be used with uncountable nouns?” (November 1, 2018)


 

9. Time Out From Grammar Retrospective: “Two poetry readings for All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day” (October 1, 2018)


 

10. Time Out From Grammar Retrospective: “And so what are monsters and historical fiction for?” (November 1, 2018)


 

11. You Asked Me This Question: “Tempest in the English grammar teacup: ‘Her or she?” (October 30, 2018)




12. Forum Lounge Retrospective: “Overcome with Civil War deaths, Americans turned to spirit photography” (October 30, 2018)
 

 

13. Forum Lounge Retrospective: “Unique, very creative Halloween greeting” (October 29, 2018)


 

14. Time Out From Grammar Retrospective: “The many magic tricks the brain plays on our conscious mind” (October 29, 2018)


 

15. Time Out From Grammar Retrospective: “Epigraphs: Simply labels or motive engines for literary narratives?” (October 29, 2018)


 

16. Time Out From Grammar Retrospective: “How the human brain establishes and reinforces beliefs as truths” (October 29, 2018)


 

17. Getting To Know English: “The perils of using back-formations” (October 28, 2018)


 

18. “My Thoughts Exactly” Commentary: Antonio Calipjo Go’s “Twisting the Hands of Time” (October 28, 2018)


 

19. Retrospective from The Lounge: “A brand-new word for ‘French kiss’ finally enters the French lexicon” (October 28, 2018)


 

20. “My Thoughts Exactly” Retrospective: “Outrage over a wasted investment in English proficiency” (October 27, 2018)


 

21. Time Out From English Grammar Retrospective: “The psychometric test that promised to be an ‘X-ray to the soul’” (October 27, 2018)


 

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CLASSIC FORUM POSTINGS (8 postings):

1. Two magnificent performances of “The Prayer,” spaced 10 years apart
     (Originally posted January 22, 2017)



2. “The Lovely Clichés Worth Keeping”
     (Originally posted circa 2002   Reposted December 16, 2016)

   

3. Conversations (4): “The real score about Valentine’s Day”
    (Originally posted February 10, 2010   Reposted February 1, 2014)



4. “Did Rizal ever speak and write in English?”
    (Originally posted January 28, 2010, latest update December 30, 2016)



5. “Conversations (2): A serious bad-grammar syndrome”
   (Reposted January 18, 2017)



6. “Anatomy of media stories that Filipina women have the world’s smallest breasts”
    (Posted July 11, 2016)



7. “Lost in Translation” - 1 and 2
    (Posted December 30, 2016)



8. “Indignities in American minor”
    (Posted October 27, 2016)




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