On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Eric Wald <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 22, Daniel C. wrote:
>> No time whatsoever spent in front of a blackboard,
>> racking (or do I want "wracking"?) his brain (which was certainly not
>> filled with hard-earned knowledge) for a solution.
>
> No, "racking" is correct in this case.  I'd have thought the opposite
> before researching the issue, though:
>
> http://www.grammarist.com/usage-errors/homophone-confusion/rack-vs-wrack/
>
> Turns out that I would have spelt "nerve-racking" wrong, too.

...good sir, I am both indebted to and impressed by you.

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