Daily Content Archive
(as of Sunday, September 10, 2017)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Conjugations of "Be"Linking verbs are used to describe the state of being of the subject of a clause. The verb "to be" is the most common linking verb. Unique among English verbs, "be" has eight different conjugations. Can you name them all? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 The Black Sea Deluge TheoryAlthough the hypothesis is actively debated by scientists, the Black Sea deluge theory posits that a catastrophic flood in about 5,600 BCE rapidly filled the Black Sea basin, inundating 60,000 sq miles (155,000 km²) of land with 10 cu miles (42 km³) of water per day during the event—or 200 times the amount that flows over Niagara Falls each day. The supposed deluge has even been connected with various great flood myths, including Noah's flood. Where did the floodwaters purportedly come from? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 People of Gibraltar Vote to Remain a British Dependency (1967)A rocky peninsula on the southern tip of Spain, the Rock of Gibraltar was held by the Moors from 711 to 1462, annexed by Spain in 1501, and captured by the British in 1704. After more than 200 years as a British crown colony, the people of Gibraltar participated in a national referendum and rejected a proposal to transfer control of Gibraltar to Spain, choosing instead for it to remain a British territory. What were the results of a 2002 referendum proposing shared British-Spanish sovereignty? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Alice Brown Davis (1852)The Indian Removal Act of 1830 forced Native Americans to leave their lands within state borders and relocate to unsettled land in the West. Brown Davis, whose mother was a Seminole, grew up on the new Indian Territory and cared for Seminoles during a cholera epidemic when she was a teen. Once the US government began dismantling tribal governments to push Oklahoma toward statehood, Brown Davis acted as the Seminoles' interpreter in court and became their first female chief, serving for how long? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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(one's) blood is up— One is in an angry, aggressive, or violent mood; one is looking or ready for a fight. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Horn Dance (2018)The ancient Horn Dance, believed by many to have originated in Norman times or before, is performed at Abbots Bromley, a small village in Staffordshire, England, as part of the Wakes Monday celebration each year. A dozen local men, ranging in age from 12 to more than 50, dress in 16th-century foresters' costumes. Six of them carry reindeer antlers mounted on short wooden sticks. The men dance their way around the parish boundaries, stopping to perform at homes and farms along the way. There is also a Hobby Horse, a man dressed as Maid Marian, a Fool, and a young archer. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: pupileleve - A French term used for a pupil or scholar. More... indocible - Means unteachable as a pupil. More... pupil - From Latin pupilla, it first meant "orphan, ward, minor." More... apple of his eye - Results from the fact that the pupil of the eye was called the "apple" in earlier English because it was thought to be a solid sphere. More... | |