Daily Content Archive
(as of Saturday, January 8, 2022)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Defining Adverbial PhrasesAn adverbial phrase is a group of words that functions as an adverb in a sentence. That is, it modifies a verb, adjective, adverb, clause, or the sentence as a whole. "Very quickly" is an adverbial phrase. What are some others? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 The MaypoleThe maypole is the center of activity during the celebration of May Day. The tall wooden pole is often decorated with flowers, greenery, and streamers. Dancers hold the loose ends of the streamers and weave intricate patterns as they encircle the pole and pass each other in dance. May Day festivities also include a May king and queen and people carrying garlands. The maypole probably originated in ancient fertility rites, but its symbolism has long been debated. What are some interpretations? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 The African National Congress Is Founded (1912)The African National Congress (ANC) is a South African political party and black nationalist organization. Founded as the South African Native National Congress in 1912, the ANC began as a nonviolent civil rights group. After government massacres of demonstrators, however, the ANC began carrying out acts of sabotage and guerrilla warfare. As a result, its leaders were exiled, but in 1994, the ANC swept the country's first elections based on universal suffrage. Who was the ANC's famous leader? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Frank Nelson Doubleday (1862)Doubleday was an American publisher best known for founding the Doubleday & McClure Company. Doubleday was so fascinated with printing as a boy that he saved up and bought his own printing press, and he began working at famed publishing house Charles Scribner's Sons at age 14. In 1897, he formed his own company with Samuel S. McClure, publisher of McClure's Magazine, and their firm became a prominent publishing house. What strange nickname did Rudyard Kipling give Doubleday? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 Brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world.L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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salty dog— A sailor, especially a man, who is older and/or has had a lot of experience on the seas. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Gynaecocratia (2022)The Greek title of this observance is a word that means female rule or government. This attempt at feminist revolt is of long tradition in northern Greece, where it is common for women to do all the household work and for most men to take life easy in cafes. Today, in the villages of Komotini, Xanthi, Kilkis, and Serres, that standard is reversed for a day when Gynaecocratia is celebrated. The women gather in village cafes to socialize, while the men stay at home cleaning house, tending the babies, and generally looking after household tasks. At dusk, the men join their wives in celebrations. More... | |
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