Daily Content Archive
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Restrictive vs. Non-Restrictive Attributive AdjectivesAttributive adjectives can be either restrictive or non-restrictive. Restrictive adjectives help establish the identity of the noun or pronoun being modified. What are non-restrictive adjectives? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 EclecticismIn eclecticism, a concept used in many disciplines, elements from diverse styles are selected and combined into a single system. The term "eclectic" can describe artists who combine, for example, elements from the Renaissance and classical traditions in their paintings. It can also be applied to philosophers who take elements from different systems of thought without regard for possible contradictions. In this way, the term is sometimes used pejoratively. What musicians are considered eclectic? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Cornerstone of Jefferson Memorial Is Laid (1939)The construction of the Jefferson Memorial on the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC, was authorized by Congress in 1934. In 1939, US President Franklin Roosevelt presided over a ceremony during which the cornerstone of the monument was laid. Completed and dedicated in 1943, the white marble building, designed by John Russell Pope, is a circular structure with a domed ceiling, surrounded by 26 columns. Inside is a bronze statue of Jefferson. Why was a temporary plaster statue initially erected there? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Felix Frankfurter (1882)Frankfurter was a US Supreme Court justice and presidential adviser. He served as secretary of war under President William H. Taft, advised President Woodrow Wilson at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, and advised President Franklin D. Roosevelt on many New Deal programs. In 1939, Roosevelt named him to the Supreme Court, where he served until 1962. In 1920, Frankfurter helped found the American Civil Liberties Union and argued in favor of what infamous pair of defendants? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 Never ... be mean in anything; never be false; never be cruel. Avoid those three vices ... and I can always be hopeful of you.Charles Dickens (1812-1870) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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the kiss of life— Artificial respiration, that is, the blowing into the mouth of a person who has stopped breathing so as to force air in and out of their lungs. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Shichi-Go-San (2023)Shichi-Go-San is an ancient Japanese celebration that marks the special ages of seven, five, and three. It has long been traditional for families to take girls aged seven, boys of five, and all three-year-olds to the neighborhood Shinto shrine. There they are purified, and the priest prays for their healthy growth. Afterwards, there are often parties for the children, and they are given a special pink hard candy, called "thousand-year candy," to symbolize hopes for a long life. Because Nov. 15 is not a legal holiday, families now observe the ceremony on the Sunday nearest that date. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: interchangeablealthough, though - Although and though are interchangeable as conjunctions, but to start a clause, use although. More... fungible - Interchangeable, returnable, or easily replaced. More... convertible - If terms are interchangeable or synonymous, they are convertible. More... inalienable, unalienable - Inalienable and unalienable are interchangeable for "unable to be taken away from or given away by the possessor." More... | |