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Tuesday, July 2, 2024
"On the Shoulders of Giants"
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A 1675 letter by Isaac Newton has the line: "if I have seen further [than others], it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." ...
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Grammar
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"Grammar" comes from the Greek gramma , meaning "letter of the alphabet" or "thing written." Their word gramma...
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
"Grammar" "School"—Part 2 of 2
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Yesterday we looked at the use of the word "school" in the Middle Ages. Today, let's look at the descriptive term "gram...
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