Is It “Nerve-Racking” or “Nerve-Wracking”?
You know what can be nerve-racking for a writer? Making spelling errors. It would probably keep me up at night were it not for spell-check and autocorrect, wonderful by-product of the digital age. These features come to the rescue to mitigate anxiety-inducing mistakes (but they can also insert errors, especially
into awkward text messages). However, some words slip through the cracks — one particular word pairing often missed by spell-checkers, editors, and the like is the perplexing choice between "nerve-racking" and "nerve-wracking." While both forms are technically permissible, there are some caveats. Merriam-Webster defines "nerve-racking" as an adjective that describes...
