What is wrong with Common Core? Common Core has turned out to be an expensive disaster for America, with billions of tax dollars wasted on incentives for states to adopt the national standards, on developing and implementing new Common Core-aligned tests, and on ineffective curricula. Do private schools use common core? Technically, private schools are […]
Why did we stop saying thou?
Why did we stop saying thou? The pronoun that had previously been restricted to addressing more than one person (ye or you) started to see service as a singular pronoun. As a result, poor thou was downgraded, and was used primarily when referring to a person of lower social standing, such as a servant. What […]
What is plural for medium?
What is plural for medium? medium. noun. me·di·um | \ ˈmē-dē-əm \ plural mediums or media\ -dē-ə \ What is the plural of diagnosis? plural diagnoses\ ˌdī-ig-ˈnō-ˌsēz , -əg- \ What’s the difference between prognosis and diagnosis? People often confuse the terms prognosis and diagnosis. The difference between the two is that while a prognosis […]
Does Philo have add ons?
What does it mean your reputation precedes you?
What does it mean your reputation precedes you? Precede means to come before, and reputation means the beliefs or opinions held about someone. If your reputation precedes you, it means people have heard things about your before they actually meet you. These things can be positive or negative. How many 4s are there preceded by […]
How do you spell segue way?
How do you spell segue way? Segue is sometimes confused with Segway. Segue is a verb that means “to move without stopping from one topic, song, etc., to another.” Segway, on the other hand, is a trademarked name for an electric transportation device. What is a good segue? A segue is a smooth transition. A […]
What country started the Vietnam War?
What country started the Vietnam War? The Vietnam War had its origins in the broader Indochina wars of the 1940s and ’50s, when nationalist groups such as Ho Chi Minh’s Viet Minh, inspired by Chinese and Soviet communism, fought the colonial rule first of Japan and then of France. What was the cause and effect […]
Is 4.2 rational or irrational?
Why didnt Jo Marry Laurie?
Why didnt Jo Marry Laurie? “I won’t marry Jo to Laurie to please anyone” Alcott knew her ending was unsatisfying. They wanted more of tragic Beth and vain Amy and fashionable Meg and, most of all, more of Jo, who readers believed would surely and inevitably marry Laurie at the story’s end. And Alcott set […]
What was the 9th planet?
What was the 9th planet? Planet Nine is a hypothetical planet in the outer region of the Solar System. Based on earlier considerations, this hypothetical super-Earth-sized planet would have had a predicted mass of five to ten times that of the Earth, and an elongated orbit 400 to 800 times as far from the Sun […]