Daily Content Archive
(as of Monday, July 28, 2025)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Other MoodsThe three true moods in English are the indicative, the subjunctive, and the imperative. However, there are two sub-categories that are sometimes described as moods in different grammar guides. What are they? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 HeadhuntingHeadhunting, the act of removing, displaying, and, in some cases, preserving human heads, has been practiced worldwide and may date to Paleolithic times. Though the practice was sometimes linked to certain forms of cannibalism and human sacrifice, its primary function was often ceremonial and was part of the process of reinforcing hierarchical relationships between communities and individuals. Which troops were said to regularly collect the skulls of enemy soldiers during World War II? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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01.jpg) Thomas Cromwell Is Executed (1540)Arguably the architect of the Reformation, Cromwell was an English statesman who gained nearly complete control of the government as the closest advisor of King Henry VIII of England. Cromwell abused his power but only fell from Henry's favor after convincing him to marry Anne of Cleves, whom Henry found unattractive. After the marriage fizzled, Anne was sent away with a generous pension, but Cromwell was beheaded—on the same day that Henry did what? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Malcolm Lowry (1909)Lowry was an English writer known for his articulation of the spiritual desolation of the modern individual. His reputation rests on the semi-autobiographical 1947 novel Under the Volcano. Set in Mexico—from which Lowry was once deported—it recounts the last day of a dispirited, alcoholic, former British consul. Though critically praised, it received popular recognition only after Lowry's death—probably from the effects of alcoholism—at 47. What rumors surround his cause of death? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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pester (someone) for (something)— To continually annoy someone with requests for something. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Crop Over (2025)This harvest festival in Barbados was originally celebrated in the 1800s by slaves at the end of the sugar-cane harvest. Today, Crop Over is a civic celebration which takes place during the last three weeks of July and usually ends on the first Monday in August. There are historical displays, craft shows, fairs, open-air concerts, calypso music and dancing, and "stick licking"—a self-defense sport similar to fencing. The first Monday of August is the finale, known as the Kadooment, which includes the judging of costumed bands at the National Stadium and a grand calypso procession. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: scalesmechanical drawing - One made with scales, rulers, and compasses. More... ctenoid - Means "resembling a thin-toothed comb"—like the scales of some fish. More... level - Based on Latin libella, a diminutive of libra, "balance; scales." More... scab - First pertained to any skin disease in which pustules or scales were formed, and is from Old Norse skabbr, "crust over a wound." More... | |
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