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(8 new postings):
1. Getting To Know English Better: “The present participle and past participle as modifiers – II” (May 10, 2018)
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2. A Use and Misuse Retrospective: “Getting rid of awkward beginnings” (May 11, 2018)
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3. Rediscovering the Linking Verbs: “Verbs to tie up loose ends” (May 10, 2018)
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4. Use and Misuse: “‘Just plug it!’ or ‘Just plug it in!’”? (May 10, 2018)
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5. Language Humor At Its Finest Retrospective: “53 Memorable Quotes from Famous Celebrities Over the Years” (May 8, 2018)
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6. An English Use and Misuse Retrospective: “Gobbledygook na Ingles at Tagalog” (“Inday ng Buhay Natin”) (May 7, 2018)
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7. You Asked Me This Question: “The choice between ‘whether it is’ and ‘whether it be’” (May 6, 2018)
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8. A Getting to Know English Retrospective: “Dealing wisely with negatives” (May 6, 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)
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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)
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4. “Did Rizal ever speak and write in English?”
(Originally posted January 28, 2010, latest update December 30, 2016)
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5. “Conversations (2): A serious bad-grammar syndrome”
(Reposted January 18, 2017)
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6. “Anatomy of media stories that Filipina women have the world’s smallest breasts”
(Posted July 11, 2016)
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7. “Lost in Translation” - 1 and 2
(Posted December 30, 2016)
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8. “Indignities in American minor”
(Posted October 27, 2016)
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