Daily Content Archive
(as of Saturday, February 18, 2017)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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disputant
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Uncountable Nouns and PronounsJust as uncountable nouns cannot take the indefinite articles "a" or "an" because there is not "one" of them, it is equally incorrect to use third-person plural pronouns with them. Why? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 Star ClustersA star cluster is a group of related stars usually held together by gravity. Globular clusters are densely packed groups of hundreds of thousands of very old stars. Open clusters are smaller, scattered groups of younger stars. Until recently, astronomers wrestled with a great cosmological mystery: according to theories of stellar evolution, it appeared that some globular clusters were actually older than the universe itself. How was this paradox resolved? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, Secretly Executed (1478)Sibling rivalry and political intrigue are a dangerous combination. In the case of George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, mixing the two brought about his early demise. As a young man, Clarence joined in a rebellion against his brother, King Edward IV. He soon had a change of heart and reconciled with Edward, but a few years later, he became involved in another plot against him. Clarence was then sent to the Tower of London, where he was secretly executed, allegedly by being drowned in what? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848)Tiffany was an American artist and designer best known for his work in stained glass. He studied painting with George Inness and later established an interior-decorating firm that came to be known as Tiffany Studios. The firm specialized in favrile glass work, characterized by iridescent colors and natural forms in the Art Nouveau style. After 1900, Tiffany's firm ventured into jewelry, pottery, and lamps, which became enormously popular in the 1960s and were widely imitated. Who was his father? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 I never reasoned on what I should do, but what I had done; as if my Reason had her eyes behind, and could only see backwards.Henry Fielding (1707-1754) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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Put it there— Shake my hand. As in greeting or in agreement to a deal. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Nepal Democracy Day (2022)Also known as Rashtriya Prajatantra Divas, this holiday commemorates the introduction of a democratic system of government in Nepal, which had been ruled by the Rana family since the mid-19th century. Two other national holidays in Nepal are Unity Day, January 11—celebrating the unification of the various principalities into one country more than 200 years ago—and Constitution Day, November 8—observing the adoption of a new Nepalese constitution in 1990. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: tennisdrop shot - In tennis, it is so called because after it is hit, it drops abruptly to the ground. More... cachpule - The ancestral name for tennis or a tennis court. More... service game - In tennis, a game in which a particular player serves. More... tennis - From French tenez, "take, receive," which was originally called out by the server to the opponent. More... | |