A WORD IN THE HAND: GRIZZLE

SUE DE GROOT | Let’s not grizzle too much as we try to bear up in grisly times

A column to satisfy your inner grammar nerd

15 July 2021 - 19:13 By sue de groot

In a recent communique from a published author, I was surprised to read the phrase “a grizzly discovery”. The discovery had to do with old bones and what the writer meant, of course, was “grisly”...

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