Just curious, what does (sic) mean?
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Wed Dec-19-07 10:04 AM
Just curious, what does (sic) mean?
I've seen it many times over the years, and I've always assumed it means something like "spelling incorrect" but have never been entirely sure.
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Wed Dec-19-07 10:06 AMOriginal message
1. When you're quoting someone
and they've misspelled, you add it to the misspelling.
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Wed Dec-19-07 10:07 AMReply #1
3. To let everyone out there know you're superior.
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Wed Dec-19-07 10:07 AMOriginal message
2. it means that the printer/publisher has corrected a spelling error
syntax too (I think)
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Wed Dec-19-07 10:09 AMReply #2
6. It's when it isn't corrected
To say that it is being written as the original was written. It's probably a Latin term of some sort. Many of those types of things are.
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Wed Dec-19-07 10:39 AMReply #6
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Wed Dec-19-07 10:08 AMOriginal message
if you're quoting from another source that misspelled a word, you add that to show that its misspelled in the quote, and not your mistake.
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Wed Dec-19-07 10:22 AMReply #4
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Wed Dec-19-07 10:28 AMReply #4
You are passing on a quote exactly as written, including any errors.
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Wed Dec-19-07 10:35 AMReply #8
9. Right, not just spelling errors.
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Wed Dec-19-07 10:58 AMReply #4
12. Precisely. Example: "Get a brain, morans." (sic) n/t
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Wed Dec-19-07 10:08 AMOriginal message
5. "sic" is Latin and means "thus", "so", or "just as that"
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Wed Dec-19-07 10:54 AMOriginal message
11. errors in spelling OR fact: "Clinton was responsable (sic) for 9/11 (sic)."
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Wed Dec-19-07 11:04 AMOriginal message
13. Latin for "thus" or "so"
Meaning that's how it was written in the original but it's wrong. :P
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Wed Dec-19-07 11:14 AMOriginal message
means "thus" in the sense that "thus I found the spelling in the original" used to signal that it wasn't your spelling or usage error.
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