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2017- : "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 28, 2017:
The seven uses of noun clauses - 3December 21, 2017:
The seven uses of noun clauses - 2December 14, 2017:
The seven uses of noun clauses - 1December 7, 2017:
How noun clauses behave in a sentenceNovember 30, 2017:
Dealing with long, complicated noun phrasesNovember 23, 2017:
Getting to know the noun phrase betterNovember 16, 2017:
Harnessing parallelism for structural balanceNovember 9, 2017:
4 specific applications of the parallelism rulesNovember 2, 2017:
Sustaining parallel patterns all the wayOctober 27, 2017:
Correcting media’s improper uses of the conjunction “as”October 19, 2017:
Parallelism as a mark of good writingOctober 12, 2017:
The need to know the English idiomsOctober 5, 2017:
The nature of true English idiomsSeptember 28, 2017:
Learning the English idiomsSeptember 21, 2017:
Epilogue: Teaching our children to think logicallySeptember 14, 2017:
Watching out against the verbal fallacies – 2September 7, 2017:
Watching out against the verbal fallacies – 1August 31, 2017:
Watching out against the fallacies of relevance – 4August 24, 2017:
Watching out against the fallacies of relevance – 3August 17, 2017:
Watching out against the fallacies of relevance – 2August 10, 2017:
Watching out against the fallacies of relevance – 1August 3, 2017:
Watching out against the material fallacies – 3July 27, 2017:
Watching out against the material fallacies – 2July 20, 2017:
Watching out against the material fallacies – 1July 13, 2017:
The need for logical thinking in our everyday lifeJuly 6, 2017:
The preposition as another type of functional connective - 5June 29, 2017:
The preposition as another type of functional connective - 4June 22, 2017:
The preposition as another type of functional connective - 3June 15, 2017:
The preposition as another type of functional connective – 2June 8, 2017:
The preposition as another type of functional connective - 1June 1, 2017:
Choosing the right connectives for our ideas - 2May 25, 2017:
Choosing the right connectives for our ideas - 1May 18, 2017:
Mastery of the connectives can make us write much betterMay 11, 2017:
Getting reacquainted with the subordinating conjunctions*May 4, 2017:
Getting reacquainted with the conjunctive adverbsApril 27, 2017:
Getting reacquainted with the subordinating conjunctions (Print edition only)
April 20, 2017:
Getting reacquainted with the coordinating conjunctions (Print edition only)
April 13, 2017: Maundy Thursday (No issue)
April 6, 2017:
“Which should we master first, conjunctions or prepositions?” (Print edition only)
March 30, 2017:
The grammar of English conditional sentences (Print edition only)
March 23, 2017:
A puzzling peculiarity of grammatical objects in English (Print edition only)
March 16, 2017:
How to avoid stumbling when using the English comparatives (Print edition only)
March 9, 2017:
Grappling with the grammar of the indefinite pronouns (Print edition only)
March 2, 2017:
Questionable English grammar in the lyrics of a popular song (Print edition only)
February 23, 2017:
Why it’s easier to speak fluently in English than to write well in English (Print edition only)
February 16, 2017:
Choosing between a gerund phrase or infinitive phrase (Print edition only)
February 4, 2017:
Problems when constructing negative ‘used to’ sentencesJanuary 28, 2017:
The correct, judicious forms of address in a bureaucracyJanuary 21, 2017:
What to do when a very long noun form is the subject of the sentenceJanuary 14, 2017:
When is sentence inversion a matter of grammar or style?January 7, 2017:
Looking back to the past 15 years that I’ve been writing this column(2015-2016 columns in previous panel)
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