Daily Content Archive
(as of Tuesday, August 29, 2023)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Expressing Inequality Using "As … As"One way of expressing similarities, differences, or changes with comparative adverbs is by using the structure "as … as." We can use that construction to say that two actions are unequal, as long as we add an auxiliary verb and what word to the sentence? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 The iPodThe Apple iPod, currently the world's best-selling line of digital audio players, was unveiled in 2001 for the Mac, and in 2002 for Windows. iPods store and play songs in a variety of digital formats, including MP3, Apple Lossless, and AAC. The combination of sound quality, sleek design, and slick user interface, coupled with a bold marketing campaign, has made the iPod a hit. By the end of 2006, over 67 million iPods had been sold. What medical problem may be associated with prolonged iPod use? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Chemical Element Meitnerium Is Synthesized (1982)In 1982, a German research team led by Peter Armbruster and Gottfried Münzenberg at the Institute for Heavy Ion Research created a new element. While bombarding bismuth-209 atoms with iron-58 ions, they detected a single atom of what is now called meitnerium. Its atomic number is 109. The artificially-produced, radioactive element is named for Lise Meitner, the Austrian-Swedish physicist and mathematician who helped discover nuclear fission. When was the name "meitnerium" officially adopted? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 John Locke (1632)Locke was an English philosopher and founder of British Empiricism. He summed up the Enlightenment in his belief in the middle class and its right to freedom of conscience and right to property, in his faith in science, and in his faith in the goodness of humanity. His influence on philosophy and political theory has been incalculable. His 1690 Two Treatises of Government influenced the American and French revolutions. He once fled to Holland under suspicion of involvement in what plot? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity.Honore de Balzac (1799-1850) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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ride the rail(s)— To travel on a vehicle mounted on rails (especially a train or streetcar). More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Canadian National Exhibition (2023)The first Canadian National Exhibition was held in 1879 in Toronto. The fair moved briefly to Ottawa, but it returned to Toronto and was called the Toronto Industrial Exhibition until 1921, when the name was changed to reflect its nationwide appeal. Located on the shores of Lake Ontario, about 10 minutes from downtown Toronto, the fairgrounds occupy 350 acres of lawns, gardens, pavilions, and Victorian-style buildings. Events include an air show, a horse show, celebrity appearances, and much more. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: rightscharter - Confers powers and rights from the state or an organization to people, local chapters, or corporations. More... devolution - A passing down from stage to stage or the passing of property, rights, or authority from one person to another; it implies moving backward. More... perk - A special privilege or right, it is an abbreviation of perquisite. More... prejudice - Originally meant harm or injury caused to a person resulting from a disregard for their rights; it is from Latin, meaning "to judge beforehand." More... | |