Dear readers, subscribers, and followers of the Grammaticus blog, I have the pleasure of sharing with you a small gift for the upcoming holidays: an ebook containing the unabridged version of the short story The Snow written by one of my favourite authors, Hugh Walpole. Hugh Walpole (1884-1941) Set in the fictional town of Polchester …
The Holly and the Ivy
This Christmas carol draws on the imagery and symbols that have for centuries been associated with the celebration of Christmas: holly is symbolic of Jesus, whereas ivy represents his mother Mary. The sharp, prickly leaves of holly stand as a reminder of the crown of thorns Jesus was forced to wear; the red berries represent his blood, shed for humanity.
Kondicionalne reฤenice u engleskom
[Ovaj tekst dostupan je i na engleskom jeziku.] Kondicionalne reฤenice ฤesto predstavljaju problem za uฤenike. Mnogi nauฤe gramatiฤka pravila vezana za njihovu upotrebu, barem za osnovne tipove ovih reฤenica - gde ide koje vreme - ali svejedno prave brojne greลกke prilikom upotrebe. U ovom tekstu ฤu vas provesti kroz sve tipove kondicionalnih, tj. uslovnih reฤenica, …
“A Christmas Carol” by Christina Rossetti
With Christmas approaching, for this post I've selected โA Christmas Carolโ (better known as โIn the Bleak Midwinterโ), first published in 1872. Set to music by Gustav Holst in 1906, this poem / church hymn has since become part of the classic repertoire of Christmas carols.
