Daily Content Archive
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Verbs and Indirect ObjectsOnly verbs that express an action being relayed to or done for another person or thing can take indirect objects. What are these verbs called? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 Madeline La FramboiseThough 19th-century women were expected to be homemakers, La Framboise engaged in the dangerous occupation of fur trading. She had great success in the territory of present-day Michigan, where she owned many trading posts with her husband. While an experienced fur trader at the time earned about $1,000 per year, La Framboise collected $5,000 to $10,000 annually. She managed the family trading business—and further expanded it while raising two children—after what happened to her husband? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Marie Antoinette Guillotined (1793)The daughter of Austrian Archduchess Maria Theresa and Holy Roman Emperor Francis I, Marie Antoinette was the queen of France and wife of King Louis XVI. Her devotion to Austria, reputation for extravagance, and connection to scandals made her unpopular and helped to provoke the French Revolution. After the storming of the Tuileries palace, she and Louis were accused of treason. The king was executed, and Marie was tried, found guilty, and guillotined. Did she really say "Let them eat cake"? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 William Orville Douglas (1898)Douglas, a US Supreme Court justice and author, practiced and taught law early in his career, before becoming a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 1936. As SEC chairman, he engineered the reorganization of US stock exchanges, instituted measures aimed at protecting small investors, and began government regulation of the sale of securities. In 1939, the president appointed him to the Supreme Court. For what controversial act did Congress attempt to impeach Douglas? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 Give a girl an education, and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody.Jane Austen (1775-1817) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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do the right thing— To act or behave correctly, appropriately, or with the best intentions. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 World Food Day (2019)Proclaimed in 1979 by the conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, World Food Day is designed to heighten public awareness of the world food problem and to promote cooperation in the struggle against hunger, malnutrition, and poverty. October 16 is the anniversary of the founding of the FAO in Rome, Italy, in 1945. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: rubbishbilge - Can mean "nonsense, rubbish." More... culch - Rubbish or refuse, or meat scraps. More... flathers - A synonym for rubbish or dirt. More... quisquilious, quisquiliary, quisquilian - Quisquilious and quisquiliary mean "having the nature of refuse or rubbish," and quisquilian means "consisting of trash or rubbish." More... | |