Daily Content Archive
(as of Tuesday, March 10, 2020)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Using the Past PerfectIf we are highlighting that the action or event in the past perfect tense came before another action or event, this second verb is often (but not always) in the past simple tense. The past perfect can appear in a sentence either before or after a later action or event. Regardless of its position, what does the past perfect always refer to? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 St. Gregory of NyssaBorn around 330 CE in what is now Turkey, St. Gregory was a professor of rhetoric, a priest and bishop, and a defender of orthodoxy. He was prominent in the First Council of Constantinople and became a leading defender of the doctrine of the Holy Trinity. His most important theological writing was his Oratio catechetica, a classic outline of Orthodox theology, but a handful of his letters also survive. Which of St. Gregory's relatives are also saints? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Rome Crushes Carthage at the Battle of the Aegates Islands (241 BCE)The Roman navy's decisive victory over the Carthaginians at the Battle of the Aegates Islands brought about the end of the decades-long First Punic War. The Carthaginian fleet involved in the battle had come to deliver supplies to besieged forces in Sicily. Overloaded with provisions, the Carthaginian vessels were easily overtaken by the Romans despite winds favoring the former. What bold tactical decision allowed the Romans to overcome this obstacle and defeat the Carthaginians? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Kate Sheppard (1847)The most prominent member of New Zealand's suffrage movement, Sheppard helped make her country the first nation to grant women the right to vote. She was also active in the temperance movement, which sought to achieve its goals by promoting woman's suffrage. Today, Sheppard's image appears on New Zealand's 10-pound note, and she is honored in a monument at Christchurch. Immediately after women's suffrage was granted in 1893, Sheppard embarked on a frantic, 10-week effort to do what? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 The eye, like a shattered mirror, multiplies the images of sorrow.Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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be left in the lurch— To be left or abandoned without assistance in a particularly awkward, difficult, or troublesome situation. (Sometimes written as "left in a lurch.") More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Commonwealth Day (2021)From 1903 until 1957, this holiday in honor of the British Empire was known as Empire Day and celebrated on May 24, Queen Victoria's birthday. Between 1958 and 1966, it was called British Commonwealth Day. Then it was switched to Queen Elizabeth II's official birthday in June, and the name was shortened to Commonwealth Day. It is now observed annually on the second Monday in March. In Canada it is still celebrated on May 24 (or the Monday before) and referred to as Victoria Day. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: rejectdiscard - First meant "throw out or reject a card from a hand." More... eighty-six - "Reject, discard"—may be rhyming slang for "nix." More... quash - From Latin quatere, "shake," it generally means "reject as invalid, especially by legal procedure," or "put an end to; suppress." More... reprove - To reject or express disapproval of something. More... | |