Daily Content Archive
(as of Sunday, February 4, 2018)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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fetter
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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"Long" Adjectives and Degrees of Comparison"Long" adjectives are adjectives that have three or more syllables, or adjectives that have two syllables and do not end in "-y." We do not change the ending of long adjectives. Instead, we add what words to the adjective? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 The World's Largest FlowerNative to the rain forests of Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, and the Philippines, Rafflesia arnoldii is a plant species that produces the largest individual flower on Earth. The rare parasitic plant has no roots, stems, or leaves and consists only of threadlike growths on the vine that hosts it. However, it produces huge, five-petaled flowers that can measure 3 ft (1 m) across and can weigh up to 24 lbs (11 kg). The flowers emit a distinctive scent that is akin to what fetid odor? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Chávez Leads Coup d'État against Venezuelan President Pérez (1992)In 1989, Venezuelan President Carlos Pérez returned to office amid demonstrations and riots sparked by deteriorating social conditions. Three years later, Lieutenant Colonel Hugo Chávez led an unsuccessful coup against Pérez and was jailed as a result. Pérez escaped another coup attempt later that year, but in 1993 he was removed from office on corruption charges and later imprisoned on charges of embezzlement and misuse of public funds. When did Chávez become president? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan (1917)Yahya Khan was the president of Pakistan from 1969 to 1971. As president, he inherited a two-decade old constitutional problem of interethnic rivalry, complicated by economic grievances and the problem of transforming a virtual autocracy into a democracy. He declared martial law, but it failed to curb domestic unrest, and civil war between East and West Pakistan broke out. Pakistan's army was defeated, and Yahya Khan resigned after the establishment of what independent republic in 1971? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 Have you ever had a difference with a dear friend? How his letters, written in the period of love and confidence, sicken and rebuke you! What a dreary mourning it is to dwell upon those vehement protests of dead affection!William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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he-man— A particularly strong, tough, and/or virile male, especially one who likes to flaunt his strength. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Sri Lanka National Day (2024)The former British colony of Ceylon changed its name in 1972 to Sri Lanka, which means "Blessed Isle." Sri Lankans commemorate the granting of their independence from Great Britain on February 4, 1948, with public gatherings throughout the island and special services in the temples, churches, and mosques. There are also parades, folk dances, processions, and national games. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: mistress | |