Daniel C. wrote: > On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Eric Wald <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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.
Lest I misrepresent myself, I am not affiliated with the Grammarist. My "research" was limited to several minutes on a search engine; the linked article was simply the clearest summary of information that was also available in dictionaries and other sources. Curiously, it was written a mere two months ago. How often has something like it been written before, and how often will it be written again? Surely not as often as its/it's and there/their/they're clarification and rant articles, but I could be surprised... - Eric /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
