A WORD IN THE HAND: HECTIC

SUE DE GROOT | Are you hectic with cold sweats? If not, it’s a mutation at work

A column to satisfy your inner grammar nerd

16 June 2022 - 19:07 By Sue de Groot

As a fellow word-lover pointed out to me this week, one of the English words that is most abused, misused and overused in common parlance today is “hectic”...

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