Daily Content Archive
(as of Friday, February 3, 2017)| Word of the Day | |||
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Using Prepositions with AdjectivesPrepositions can sometimes appear after adjectives to complete or elaborate on the ideas or emotions the adjective describes. Prepositions used in this way are known as "adjective complements." In such sentences, where is the preposition always positioned in relation to the adjective? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 Street ArtStreet art is any art developed in public spaces and includes traditional graffiti, stencil graffiti, sticker art, video projections, street installations, and posters. Though it usually refers to art of an illicit nature, the term is used to distinguish contemporary public-space artwork from territorial graffiti, vandalism, and corporate art. Some street artists have even achieved mainstream recognition and commercial success. Who are some prominent street artists? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Australia's Last Execution (1967)In the 16 years leading up to the execution of Ronald Ryan for the killing of a guard during a prison break, every single death sentence in Victoria, Australia—35 in all—had been commuted to life in prison. By then, two Australian states had abolished capital punishment for murder, and many in Victoria were under the impression that it had done the same. The decision to carry out Ryan's execution was widely protested. How many of the jurors who had convicted Ryan later petitioned on his behalf? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Gertrude Stein (1874)Stein was an American avant-garde writer and notable patron of the arts. While she was living in Paris, her home became a salon for leading artists and writers, including Picasso and Hemingway. An early supporter of Cubism, she tried to parallel its theories in her work, employing a unique prose style characterized by the use of repetition, fragmentation, and the continuous present. Her only book to reach a wide audience, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas was actually about whom? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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hell week— A week in which new recruits or pledges of an organization, especially a college fraternity or sorority, are subjected to a series of hazing rituals prior to initiation. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Setsubun (Bean-Throwing Festival) (2024)Setsubun is a ceremony observed in all major temples throughout Japan to mark the last day of winter according to the lunar calendar. People throng temple grounds where the priests or stars such as actors and sumo wrestlers throw dried beans to the crowd who shout, "Fortune in, goblins out!" Some people also decorate their doorways with sardine heads, because the evil spirits don't like their smell. Beans caught at the temple are brought home to drive out evil there. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: introductioninlay card - A pamphlet accompanying a CD, film, etc., giving an introduction. More... isagoge - An introduction to a field of study. More... front matter - Things in the beginning of a book like an introduction and table of contents. More... propaedeutic - A subject or course of study that is an introduction to more advanced study or to an art or science. More... | |