Daily Content Archive
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Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Free Indirect SpeechFree indirect speech (also known as free indirect discourse) is used to indicate the thoughts or mental processes of a character. Where is this type of speech most commonly found? More... |
Article of the Day | |
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BloatwareDuring the 1970s, computer system resources like disk space and memory were fairly limited, and software developers worked long hours to produce small, efficient software products. Although technology has since improved, the industry's focus on marketing and rapid coding has resulted in the proliferation of bloatware—software that gets larger and more complex with each version without providing obvious benefits to users. Which of today's programs are often cited as examples of bloatware? More... |
This Day in History | |
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The Truman Doctrine (1947)In the early stages of the Cold War, US President Harry Truman sought to protect Turkey and Greece from falling under Soviet influence when the UK announced that it could no longer provide them with aid. The Truman Doctrine, which called for the US to "support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures," shifted US foreign policy to a strategy of Soviet containment. How much money did Congress appropriate in response to Truman's message? More... |
Today's Birthday | |
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Jack Kerouac (1922)Considered the father of the Beat movement, Jack Kerouac was an American novelist whose semiautobiographical, "spontaneous prose" reflects a frenetic, restless pursuit of new sensation and experience and a disdain for the conventional measures of economic and social success. His best known works are The Subterraneans, The Dharma Bums, and On the Road, which is widely considered the testament of the Beat Generation. Why was Kerouac arrested in connection with a 1944 murder? More... |
Quotation of the Day | |
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The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) |
Idiom of the Day | |
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contrary to popular opinion— Opposite to what is popularly or generally expected or believed. Usually used to introduce such a statement. More... |
Today's Holiday | |
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Mauritius Independence Day (2023)This national holiday commemorates the day in 1968 when Mauritius gained independence from Britain, after being under its rule since the early 19th century. More... |
Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: procedureprocess, procedure - A process is a set or series of actions directed to some end or a natural series of changes; a procedure is a series of actions conducted in a certain manner, an established way of doing something. More... ceremonially, ceremoniously - Ceremonially relates to the performance of a procedure; ceremoniously relates to the performer of the procedure. More... procedure, process, proceed - Procedure, process, and proceed come from Latin procedere, "to go forward." More... seder - The Hebrew word for "order, procedure"; it is the ceremonial Jewish dinner held on the first night of Passover. More... |