2006-07-14 15:18:34 · 10 answers · asked by Buck 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Sic is a Latin word meaning "thus" or "so". In writing, it is italicized and placed within square brackets — [sic] — to indicate that an incorrect or unusual spelling, phrase, or other preceding quoted material is a verbatim reproduction of the quoted original and is not a transcription error.
This may be used either to show that an uncommon or archaic usage is reported faithfully (for instance, quoting the U.S. Constitution, "The House of Representatives shall chuse [sic] their Speaker...") or to highlight an error, often for the purpose of ridicule or irony (for instance, "Dan Quayle famously changed a student's spelling to 'potatoe' [sic]"), or otherwise, to quote accurately whilst maintaining the reputation of the person or organisation quoting its source.
In folk etymology, "sic" is sometimes thought to be an abbreviation of "spelling is correct", "same in copy", "spelled incorrectly", "spelling incompetent" or "said in context", to cite but a few erroneous backronyms.
2006-07-14 15:22:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
If there is a misspelling or poor grammar in a quote, and the person citing the quote wants the quote to read exactly as it was stated or written, they will put (sic) after the error to show that the mistake was made by the person who originally said it, and not by the person repeating it.
2016-03-27 05:49:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes they use it in quotes like this
"I wanted to stay with me (sic) mum but I couldn't" This means that the person who said it actually said me mum instead of my mum but because it is a quote they can't correct the grammar.
2006-07-14 17:37:30 · answer #3 · answered by roxi_biloxi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spelling InCorrect
2006-07-14 15:22:09 · answer #4 · answered by chocolahoma 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Means the quote is accurate, but the source made a mistake in the statement.
2006-07-14 15:21:52 · answer #5 · answered by rockEsquirrel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
indicates that an incorrect or unusual spelling, phrase, or other preceding quoted material is a verbatim reproduction of the quoted original and is not a transcription error
2006-07-14 15:21:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Word is speled-sic incorrectly.
2006-07-14 15:20:57 · answer #7 · answered by Captain Tomak 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's to indicate that the word they're referring to is in the original text (it's used when quoting or citing).
2006-07-14 15:22:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
tyou are a sic idiot.
2006-07-14 15:23:34 · answer #9 · answered by Rashad G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simply put, it means "their mistake, not mine."
2006-07-15 07:35:58 · answer #10 · answered by MindaLarie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋