What is (sic)?

[geno]

The only place I've seen this is when there's a quote being made, what's that an abbreviation for? Or does it stand for something?

 

[yiwonder]

<< The only place I've seen this is when there's a quote being made, what's that an abbreviation for? Or does it stand for something? >>


It's Latin I think. It is used when you quote something and a word that you are quoting is spelled wrong or there is some other error with the sentence. It means that it was purposefully misspelled on your part as the quote was misspelled.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

&quot;Fire ants in North America will eventually colonyze [sic] all of the western coast and into Canada&quot; (Meyers, 1993, p. 102).

sic should also be underlined but i dunno how to do that.

 

[ornjblud]

It's Latin.

<< sic : so, thus / yes, that is so, that is right. >>

 

[glen]

sic adverb [not gradable]
a word written in brackets after a word or phrase that has been copied from somewhere else and is spelled or used wrongly. Writers use this word to tell readers that they know that the original text contains a mistake.
The notice outside the cinema said `Closed on Wedensday' (sic) (=Wednesday is spelled wrong).

 

[TheBullGod]

Spelling In Correct??

 

[Infos]

A Fine Example :disgust:


<<This isn't really a joke, but it probably should be. If Gary Condit's
intern is (still!) missing, might he need another?

You bet he does.

He's advertising for replacements on his official House web site. Really:
http://www.house.gov/gcondit/intern_opportunities.htm

It's noted that &quot;Typical duties of Interns can range from assisting with
phone's [sic] to researching legislative projects.&quot; They have to say that
since the public perception of what interns have to do is ...um... a bit
different, isn't it?

And in a sweet nod to the missing Chandra Levy, note the &quot;missingkids.com&quot;
hyperlink at the bottom of the page!>>

 

[yakko]

<< What is (sic)? >>

Me nekkid and smothered in peanut butter and roadkill coming to your house for dinner.

 

[FelixDeCat]

Yakko

That is sic.

 

[GoldenGuppy]

One of my favorite quotation devices

Sic according to the book of Webster states: Thus; so. Used to indicate that a quoted passage, especially one containing an error or unconventional spelling, has been retained in its original form or written intentionally.

it's used so that you as a writer will not look stupid towards the audience.

&quot;Hey, don't shoot the messenger, the guy wrote it, I'm just reproducing it - and, yes, I know it's WRONG myself&quot;

><GG>

 

[aUt0eXebat]

its the name of a song by Slipknot

 

[Platypus]

the whole thing I think its sick

 

[apoppin]

<< SIC [not an acronym] Latin: thus; so (not a mistake and is to be read as it stands) >>





<< Sic \Sic\, adv. [L.] Thus.

Note: This word is sometimes inserted in a quotation [sic], to call attention to the fact that some remarkable or inaccurate expression, misspelling, or the like, is literally reproduced.

>>



www.dictionary.com for fastest resultz [sic) in looking up a word

 

[crt1530]

sic1 (sk)
adv.
Thus; so. Used to indicate that a quoted passage, especially one containing an error or unconventional spelling, has been retained in its original form or written intentionally.

Editors use it when they quote people who misspelled or made a mistake in their own writing to show that it was not the editor's mistake.