Daily Content Archive
(as of Wednesday, January 11, 2017)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Noun ClausesA noun clause is a type of dependent clause that is able to function grammatically like a noun in a sentence. What words most commonly begin a noun clause? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 The Charan CasteThe members of the Charan caste living in the Gujarat and Rajasthan states of India are revered for their willingness to die for their beliefs and for their bravery in war. Though caste members are taught to respect bravery, loyalty, and truth more than life, they also value the literary arts. Poetry is an integral part of Charan identity, and some caste members are addressed as Kaviraj, a title meaning "Great Poet." The practice of self-immolation is common in Charan culture. What is it? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Anglo-Zulu War Begins (1879)The Anglo-Zulu War was fought between the British Empire and the Zulu nation. It began when Zulu king Cetshwayo, determined to resist European advances into his territory, rejected British demands to disband his troops. The British attacked, and Cetshwayo routed them at Isandlwana with a disciplined army of 40,000, but his forces were utterly defeated at Ulundi, with 1,500 Zulus, compared to 13 Britons, killed in the final battle. The British then burned the town and did what to Cetshwayo? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Alexander Hamilton (1755?)Pictured on the US $10 bill, Hamilton was an American Founding Father and the first secretary of the treasury. Differences between Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson led to the rise of political parties, with Hamilton heading the Federalist Party and Madison and Jefferson leading the Democratic-Republican Party. In 1804, Aaron Burr challenged Hamilton to a duel, and though Hamilton opposed the practice and had even lost a son in a duel, he agreed and was mortally wounded. Why did Burr challenge him? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 You never know what peace is until you walk on the shores or in the fields or along the winding red roads of Prince Edward Island in a summer twilight ... You find your soul then. You realize that youth is not a vanished thing but something that dwells forever in the heart.Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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goodness me— A mild exclamation of surprise, alarm, dismay, annoyance, or exasperation. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Albania Republic Day (2017)Republic Day was a national holiday in Albania, also known as Anniversary Day, which commemorated the founding of the Communist government on January 11, 1946, until April 15, 1991, when the first Parliament since the fall of the Soviet Union convened. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: verticalvertical tasting - Wine tasting in order of year of vintage. More... lateral thinking, vertical thinking - Lateral thinking is illogical; vertical thinking is logical. More... ordinate, abscissa - The ordinate or Y axis is vertical; the abscissa or X axis is horizontal. More... vertical integration - The merging of companies that are within the chain of companies that handle a single item from raw material production to retail sale. More... | |