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Mind your language

Word of the week: ‘Granular’, a word used to suggest in-depth analysis

1 December 2018

9:00 AM

1 December 2018

9:00 AM

‘Just two sugars,’ said my husband as I passed him his tea. He is cutting down. I doubt he would have a better understanding of the effects of sugar on him, or the effects of his character on his sugar intake, if he took a granular view of the granulated sugar he shovels into his cup.

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