Daily Content Archive
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Defining Adverbs of DegreeAdverbs of degree are used to indicate the intensity, degree, or extent of the verb, adjective, or adverb they are modifying. Where do they always appear in relation to the part of speech they describe? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 King OedipusIn Greek mythology, Oedipus was a king of Thebes who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother. In the most familiar version of the story, Laius, king of Thebes, was warned by an oracle that his son would kill him. He abandoned the infant Oedipus on a mountain, but the baby was saved by a shepherd and adopted by the king of Corinth. When Oedipus learned from the Delphic oracle that he would kill his father and marry his mother, he fled Corinth to escape this fate. What happened next? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Albania Declares Independence from the Ottoman Empire (1912)The Ottoman Turks conquered Albania around 1400 and ruled the country for more than 400 years. It was not until the end of the Balkan War that Turkish rule was abolished and a proclamation of independence was issued in 1912. Although Serbia showed intentions of annexing a large part of Albania in order to gain an outlet on the Adriatic, the move was opposed by Austria-Hungary, Italy, and the Albanians. On November 28, 1912, Albanian independence was declared by whom? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 William Blake (1757)Blake was an English poet and artist. Trained as an engraver, he opened a print shop in 1784 and developed an innovative technique for engraving illustrations and text on the same plate and for producing colored engravings. Blake's paintings, engravings, and illustrated books of poetry feature detailed images of realistic natural forms as well as fanciful creatures. He lived on the edge of poverty, was considered mad, and died in neglect. When did he finally gain recognition as a visionary? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum—"I think that I think, therefore I think that I am."Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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let's roll— Let's get out of here; let's get moving. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Chad Republic Day (2024)This national holiday commemorates the establishment of the republic on this day in 1958, which afforded Chad some autonomy, though it was a French territory until it attained full independence. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: small roomaedicule - A small room or structure used as a shrine—or a niche for a statue. More... cove - Comes from Old English cofa, "small room," from the Germanic root kubon, and came to mean "small hollow place in coastal rocks," and then "small bay." More... cabinet - Originally meant a small room and came to apply to the group of politicians who met in the room. More... conclave - Based on Latin con- and clavis, "key," as it was first an inner chamber or private room to which one would have needed a key, literally a "place that can be locked up," or a room or set of rooms that can be opened with only one key. More... | |