Daily Content Archive
(as of Friday, November 26, 2021)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Personal Pronouns and AntecedentsGrammatical number in English simply means whether something or someone is singular or plural—that is, is there one of something or someone (singular), or are there more than one (plural)? This is answered by the pronoun's antecedent, which is what? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 Literary NonsenseLiterary nonsense, or nonsense literature, uses language to defy literary conventions. Its most common form is nonsense verse, which is humorous or whimsical and features absurd characters and evocative but meaningless words. It differs from other comic verse in its resistance to any rational or allegorical interpretation. Nonsense verse emerged at the beginning of the 19th century and has been mostly written for children. What poem is likely the best known example of literary nonsense? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Pontcysyllte Aqueduct Opens in Wales (1805)It took 10 years to build the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, which towers over the River Dee valley in Wrexham, Wales. A feat of civil engineering, it is still in use more than two centuries later, allowing boats to cross the Llangollen Canal about 120 feet (35 m) above the valley. The aqueduct consists of a narrow cast iron trough supported by stone columns and bordered by a railed path that was built so horses could tow canal boats. The span occasionally closes for maintenance. How is it emptied? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Saint Katharine Drexel (1858)The niece of a wealthy Philadelphia banker, Drexel inherited a vast fortune and used it to address racial injustice and educational inequality in the US. She established mission schools across the American West and founded Xavier University, the only historically black, Catholic university in the US. In 1891, after becoming a Roman Catholic nun, she founded a society of nuns to aid Native Americans and African Americans. The second US-born saint, Drexel is known as the patron saint of what? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 Deep unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state.George Eliot (1819-1880) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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the terrible twos— A developmental stage of children, generally at or around the age of two, marked by increased rebelliousness and frequent tantrums. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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.jpg) Baha'i Day of the Covenant (2023)The Baha'i Day of the Covenant is a Baha'i holy day. It commemorates the covenant Baha'u'llah, founder of the faith, made with humanity and his followers, appointing Abdu'l-Baha as the head of the Baha'i religion who would interpret Baha'i teachings. Abdu'l-Baha chose the date when followers requested an occasion to remember his importance. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: penlapsus calami, lapsus memoriae - A lapsus calami is a slip of the pen; a lapsus memoriae is a slip of the memory. More... ruling pen - A type of pen used in graphic design and calligraphy for drawing precise lines of various thicknesses. More... nom de plume - Literally "name of the pen," meaning "pseudonym." More... | |