Daily Content Archive
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Defining Interrogative SentencesAn interrogative sentence is simply a sentence that asks a question—that is, we use it when we interrogate someone for information. When we make sentences into questions, we almost always use auxiliary verbs that are inverted with the subject. What is this known as? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 PagodasA pagoda is a tiered tower with multiple eaves common to China, Japan, Korea, and other parts of Asia. The pagoda evolved from the Indian stupa—a dome-shaped shrine for Buddhist relics—and, like the stupa, is typically built for religious, often Buddhist, purposes. Whether octagonal, hexagonal, or square, pagodas are intended mainly as monuments and tend to have very little usable interior space. What is the "demon-arrester" that tops some pagodas? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 The First Vatican Council Declares Papal Infallibility (1870)In Roman Catholicism, papal infallibility is the doctrine that, under certain conditions, the pope cannot err when teaching in matters of faith or morals. It is a centuries-old idea based on the belief that the church, entrusted with the mission of Jesus, will be guided by the Holy Spirit. It has been a matter of controversy, even among Catholic theologians, ever since 1870, when the First Vatican Council first listed the conditions under which popes are infallible. What are they? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Hendrik Antoon Lorentz (1853)Lorentz was a Dutch physicist who, in 1902, shared the second Nobel Prize in Physics. A pioneer in formulating the relations between electricity, magnetism, and light, he was one of the first people to postulate the existence of electrons. He developed many of the concepts and equations upon which Einstein based his special theory of relativity, which was originally called the Lorentz-Einstein theory. He also did critical work for the Dutch government on what unprecedented engineering project? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 Only cowards insult dying majesty.Aesop (620 BC-560 BC) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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out of house and home— Evicted; no longer having someplace to live. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Uruguay Constitution Oath Taking Day (2025)The country of Uruguay adopted its first constitution on July 18, 1830, shortly after becoming independent in 1828. The 1830 constitution, modeled after the American and French constitutions, created executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government. Later constitutions checked the powers of the president and provided for a separation of church and state. To commemorate the adoption of Uruguay's first constitution, speeches are given by government officials and a parade featuring a military band, mounted cavalry, and soldiers is held in the capital city of Montevideo. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: recognizerecognition mark - A distinctive one that makes an animal or bird easy to recognize by others of the same species. More... cognizance - Latin gnoscene, "know," begat cognoscere, "get to know; recognize," and it moved through French connoissance to English to become cognizance. More... sentence sense - The ability to recognize a grammatically complete sentence. More... appreciate, recognize, understand - The use of "appreciate" should involve valuing something or understanding it sympathetically; when there is no value or sympathy, use "recognize" or "understand"; appreciate first meant "set at a price; appraised." More... | |