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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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right i asked this on another thread but it got closed down before i got an answer
someone used [sic] in their post and i asked what does it mean as i have seen it in magazines too and always wondered so can anyone enlighten me as to its meaning? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It's usually written after a word which is a quote and may be misspelled. It means thus in latin, as in it was written thus but they are not sure it is the correct spelling. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic"
already checked that out but spent time going  thats why i asked here hoping for more of a simple explanation it is a lazy sunday morning after all  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"It's usually written after a word which is a quote and may be misspelled. It means thus in latin, as in it was written thus but they are not sure it is the correct spelling. "
thankyou treacle got it now, no more will i be confuddled  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"It's usually written after a word which is a quote and may be misspelled. It means thus in latin, as in it was written thus but they are not sure it is the correct spelling.
thankyou treacle got it now, no more will i be confuddled "
I used to say to myself SIC = spelling isn't correct. That generally covers it. xx |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"It's usually written after a word which is a quote and may be misspelled. It means thus in latin, as in it was written thus but they are not sure it is the correct spelling.
thankyou treacle got it now, no more will i be confuddled
I used to say to myself SIC = spelling isn't correct. That generally covers it. xx "
oooo likes it i'll remember it that way  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Not only misspellings. It can be used after any word or fact quoted that is used but known to be incorrect.It denotes that the writer isn't the one who made the mistake
See: Pedantry |
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By *ara JTV/TS
over a year ago
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someone has cut and pasted a bit of text. they see an error - grammatical or factual - but dont want to amend the text, so they insert (sic) so the reader knows it was some one else who buggered up.
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