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Word of week phenomenon [phe·nom·e·non || fɪ'nɑmɪnɑn ,-nən /fɪ'nɒmɪnən] n. event or circumstance that can be observed; something unusual; something detected by the senses . PHENOMENA  [A249] Opposed by Kant to noumena, which beings unlike us (viz., with a radically different sensibility) could experience; all our possible experience, i.e., of appearances, is of phenomena. "Appearances, so far as they are thought as objects according to the unity of the categories, are called phenomena. But if I postulate things which are mere objects of understanding, and which, nevertheless, can be given as such to an intuition [pace our sensibility]...given therefore coram intuitu intellectuali--such things would be entitled noumena (intelligibilia)". Kant argues that the objective reality of noumena has already been established: "for if the senses represent to us something merely as it appears, this something must also in itself be a thing, and an object of a non-sensible intuition, that is, of the understanding. In other words, a [kind of] knowledge must be possible, in which there is no sensibility, and which alone has reality that is absolutely objective". (Kant, of course, denies that we can have such absolute knowledge; all our knowledge is limited by our sensibility to knowledge of transcendentally ideal appearances). أƒآ¢أ¢â€ڑآ¬أ‚آ¢ Phenomena  The image shows the cover of the first Phenomena album (أƒâ€ڑأ‚آ© Bronze Records). A project put together by producer Tom Galley in 1985. Apparently, Tom had a bunch of songs and an idea about putting together a "super group" of Heavy Metal artists to record a concept album about a young girl who is accidentally hooked up to an evil monster computer or something of the likes. And so he did. Originally, the project was to include "everybody" in the Metal business - including Ozzy Osbourne who agreed but couldn't find the time. In the end it didn't get that big, but nevertheless featured an impressive range of musicians, including vocalist Glenn Hughes (who knew Tom Galley from his Trapeze days) (Deep Purple), Guitarist Mel Galley (Whitesnake), Bass player Neil Murray (Whitesnake, Gary Moore) and drummer Cozy Powell (Black Sabbath, Rainbow). The original release of the album also included a richly illustrated coloured booklet. The songs were all written by Tom Galley (except for Glenn Hughes' Still the Night) and mainly recorded and mixed in London. The resulting album was a great success with powerful but yet rather radio-friendly Hard Rock tunes such as Dance With the Devil, Hell on Wings and the ballad Phoenix Rising. In 1987 Phenomena II - Dream Runner was released, again produced by Tom Galley. Most of the musicians from the first album remained, but some new vocalists were introduced, such as John Wetton (Asia), Max Bacon and Ray Gillen (later in Badlands).
proverb of week A new broom sweeps clean. An eye for an eye, (and a tooth for a tooth.) An ounce of practice is worth of a pound of theory. A penny plain and two pence colored. A penny saved is a penny earned/gained. You can see more proverbs bottom of each page in this site
Grammar in use we use the term grammar to mean the system of structural rules which describes how words combine with each other to form sentences. In this sense, native speakers of English already have an instinctive knowledge of its grammar. It is this knowledge which enables us to distinguish a well-formed English sentence from one which is clearly ill-formed.We recognise instinctively that there is something very wrong with this sentence, not least because it doesn't make sense.It is ill-formed and `ungrammatical'. Now if all this is true, then it is reasonable to ask why we need to study grammar at all.In the most general terms, a knowledge of grammar is part of our knowledge of the world and of ourselves. The use of language is a distinctively human activity, so it is appropriate for us to understand how it works. The study of grammar helps us to communicate more effectively. Quite simply, if we know how English works, then we can make better use of it. Absolute Adjective The BASE form of an ADJECTIVE on a scale of comparison, for example, big, in contrast with the COMPARATIVE bigger and the SUPERLATIVE biggest. Abstract Noun Abstract nouns include love, optimism, truth, freedom, belief, hope and communism. They refer to non-concrete entities. Bare Infinitive An INFINITIVE verb which occurs without to, e.g. Help me open the door. Distinct from the TO-INFINITIVE: Help me to open the door. Bare Infinitive Clause A clause in which a bare infinitive form of the verb is used, I made John leave. Base Form The base form is the form of a word to which INFLECTIONS may be added, eg. walks, walked, walking
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