What does it mean when somebody uses <sic> in a sentence/quote?

[yllus]

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You sure it's not Spelling In Context? That's what I had figured.

Edit:
Yeah, the more and more I think about it, 'Spelling In Context' seems like the right definition, if it has any meaning in English at all. Anyone find any info on this?

 

[DaveJ]

I.E. is &quot;id est&quot;, or &quot;that is&quot;, i.e, &quot;i.e&quot; means &quot;that is&quot;...

Dave

 

[Regine]

I thought it's &quot;ita est&quot;.

I dunno - it's been 6 1/2 years since I've had Latin

 

[kranky]

et. al. = et alia = &quot;and others&quot;. &quot;If you visit the DC forum, you'll always run into RaySun2Be, ViRGE, Kilowatt, MechBgon, et. al.&quot;

i.e. = id est = &quot;that is&quot; (or &quot;in other words&quot. Used when you are rephrasing a statement in different terms or as a way of explaining the statement. &quot;That thread was full of name-calling, nasty, mean posts - i.e., a flame war.&quot;

e.g. = exempli gratia = &quot;for example&quot;. Used when you are citing a specific example of a statement. &quot;Many times you'll see the same topics over and over in Off-Topic, e.g., 'what are the different levels of membership?'.&quot;