Daily Content Archive
(as of Friday, November 26, 2021)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Personal Pronouns and AntecedentsGrammatical number in English simply means whether something or someone is singular or plural—that is, is there one of something or someone (singular), or are there more than one (plural)? This is answered by the pronoun's antecedent, which is what? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 Literary NonsenseLiterary nonsense, or nonsense literature, uses language to defy literary conventions. Its most common form is nonsense verse, which is humorous or whimsical and features absurd characters and evocative but meaningless words. It differs from other comic verse in its resistance to any rational or allegorical interpretation. Nonsense verse emerged at the beginning of the 19th century and has been mostly written for children. What poem is likely the best known example of literary nonsense? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 University of Notre Dame Is Founded (1842)Located in Notre Dame, Indiana, the University of Notre Dame was established and opened in 1842 and chartered in 1844. Famous for its football team, it has a noted law school and computing center as well as laboratories for research in botany, radiation, geology, metallurgy, and engineering. It also operates important research institutes in the humanities. The school was founded by French priests and was originally given the name L'Université de Notre Dame du Lac, which means what? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Willis Haviland Carrier (1876)While developing a dehumidifier for the Buffalo Forge Company in the early 1900s, American engineer Willis Carrier discovered that circulating air over cold pipes not only removes water from the air but also cools it. He became the father of air conditioning, holding over 80 patents and dominating air conditioner manufacturing with his company, Carrier Corporation. He invented a practical air conditioning system for skyscrapers in 1939. What did he call his invention when he patented it in 1906? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 Deep unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state.George Eliot (1819-1880) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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let's get something straight— set phrase Let's clear up any possible confusion, misunderstanding, or uncertainty (about something); let me make this perfectly clear. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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.jpg) Baha'i Day of the Covenant (2024)The Baha'i Day of the Covenant is a Baha'i holy day. It commemorates the covenant Baha'u'llah, founder of the faith, made with humanity and his followers, appointing Abdu'l-Baha as the head of the Baha'i religion who would interpret Baha'i teachings. Abdu'l-Baha chose the date when followers requested an occasion to remember his importance. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: wanderingevagation - Means mental wandering or digression, also a digression in speech or writing. More... mundivagant - Means "wandering around the world." More... vagation - The action of wandering, straying, or departing from the proper or regular course. More... wanderjahr - Literally German for "wander year," it refers to a year of wandering or travel. More... | |