Daily Content Archive
(as of Wednesday, November 4, 2020)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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imperishable
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Dangling ModifiersWhen we use participles as adjectives, it's important that the noun modified is clearly stated and that the participle appears as close to it as possible. Otherwise, we run the risk of having a "dangling modifier," which is what? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 The Siku QuanshuCompiled at the height of the Qing dynasty in the 18th century, the Siku Quanshu, or Complete Library of the Four Treasuries, is a collection of more than 3,400 works of Chinese literature in more than 36,000 volumes. Over 10,000 works had been considered for inclusion, but many were rejected as anti-Manchu and destroyed. Of the seven original copies, which were painstakingly transcribed by hand, four have survived. How were the collection’s many scribes compensated for their work? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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_cropped.jpg) Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Is Assassinated (1995)Rabin was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 for his role in the historic Oslo Accords—widely considered a major milestone in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process—but not everyone supported the treaty, which stipulated that Israel would withdraw from certain contested Palestinian territories. Following a Tel Aviv peace rally, Rabin was shot and killed by Yigal Amir, an extremist Israeli law student who opposed Rabin's peace efforts. What Jewish law did Amir claim justified the assassination? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Carlos Polestico Garcia (1896)After graduating from law school, Garcia became a schoolteacher, poet, and public official in his native Philippines. Elected vice president in 1953, he became president upon his predecessor's unexpected death in 1957. Though he maintained ties with the US, he was known for his "Filipino First" policy, which emphasized the sovereignty and economic interests of the Filipino people over those of outsiders. He retired from public life in 1961. However, in 1971, he died just days after doing what? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 Perhaps his might be one of the natures where a wise estimate of consequences is fused in the fires of that passionate belief which determines the consequences it believes in.George Eliot (1819-1880) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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be in with a chance— To have a good chance or high probability of doing or accomplishing something. Primarily heard in UK. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Tonga National Day (2020)Located in the Pacific Ocean some 1,250 miles north of New Zealand, the island nation of Tonga consists of about 150 islands, 36 of which are inhabited. With a population of about 120,000, Tonga is ruled by a royal family that goes back to 1831. On November 4, 1875, King George Tupou I gave his consent to the constitution of the new nation of Tonga. Celebrated for many years as Tonga Constitution Day, the holiday was renamed by the government in 2006 as Tonga National Day and pronounced as an occasion to celebrate the country's heritage as a whole. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: vanillahard sauce - Contains butter and sugar, with brandy, rum, or vanilla. More... oak - In the flavor of wines, it comes from oak cases and is similar to coconut or vanilla. More... vanilla - Can mean "having no special features." More... white chocolate - A blend of cocoa butter, milk solids and sugar and vanilla, it used in candy bars and baking and coatings; it is not technically chocolate because it contains no chocolate liqueur. More... | |