Daily Content Archive
(as of Friday, September 15, 2023)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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magnanimous
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Constructing Negative Interrogative SentencesAs with all negative sentences, we generally form the negative interrogative by adding the word "not." How do we know where to put "not" in the sentence? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 The Silk RoadAccording to legend, the secrets of sericulture and reeling from the cocoon were developed in China by 2640 BCE. By the 1st and 2nd centuries CE, silk fabrics were being imported to Rome and Greece and sold for exorbitant prices. Trade in silk became so prevalent that the ancient trade routes between China and the Mediterranean, spanning about 4,000 miles, have been dubbed the Silk Road. How did Mongols use silk as armor in battle? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Steam Locomotive John Bull Operates for the First Time (1831)The John Bull is a steam locomotive that ran on the Camden and Amboy Railroad, the first railroad built in New Jersey. Retired in 1866, the locomotive was acquired by the Smithsonian in 1885 and became the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world in 1981, when it was operated in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of its first use. Though its official name was Stevens, crews began calling it John Bull, and the name eventually stuck. What made them choose that name? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Dame Agatha Christie (1890)Christie, a British mystery novelist and playwright known for her detective figures Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple, wrote over 75 novels, including Murder on the Orient Express and And Then There Were None. Her books have been translated into 100 languages and have sold over 100 million copies, and her play The Mousetrap, still running after 23,000 performances, holds the record for longest initial run in theatrical history. What prompted Christie's 1926 disappearance? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 In reality, of course, life rushes from within, not from without. There is no work of art so big or so beautiful that it was not once all contained in some youthful body, like this one which lay on the floor in the moonlight, pulsing with ardor and anticipation.Willa Cather (1873-1947) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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have a light heart— To have a carefree, uplifted attitude; to be in a happy or gladdened state or condition. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Honduras Independence Day (2024)Honduras joined four other Central American countries—Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua—in declaring independence from Spain on September 15, 1821. Independence Day is a national holiday and festivities are especially colorful in the capital city of Tegucigalpa. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: sininequity, iniquity - Inequity is "injustice, unfairness"; iniquity refers to "immorality, sin, wickedness." More... remission, remit - Remission originally meant forgiveness or pardon for an offense or sin, and remit meant "forgive, pardon." More... reprehensible - Usually applied to things, not people—the sin and not the sinner. More... | |