what does (sic) mean?

Question

i've seen this in some books and online articles. can someone tell me what it means??

Answer 1

In Latin, it means "in this way". It's often used when quoting another source that has spelling or grammatical errors in it, to indicate that the error was a screw-up from the original source and not the author citing it.

Answer 2

Sic is a Latin word meaning "thus", "so", or "just as that". 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 erroneously thought to be an abbreviation of "spelling is correct", "same in copy", "spelled incorrectly", "spelling incompetent", "said in context", "stupid in context", or "spelling intentionally changed", to cite but a few backronyms

Answer 3

[sic] is an editor's remark. It means, "His blunder, not mine." It's used to inform a reader that a quote was represented exactly as it originally appeared, without any error or distortion on the editor's part. When a writer uses poor logic, diction, punctuation or grammar, you might see [sic] after the quote.

Answer 4

It's used when quoting someone in an article. It means the author didn't make the mistake, the quote came that way, and the editor should not correct it because it is part of the story.

Answer 5

"sic" is a Latin word that you can use when you are quoting something from someone else that contains a mistake. You use [sic] after the mistake to acknowledge that you know there is a mistake, but you are leaving it there anyway because the mistake belongs to the original writer/speaker.

Answer 6

It's latin for "this". It's used in a quote directly following a spelling error or grammatical error that was actually in the text being quoted in that incorrect form. The expression basically means: "Yes, I realise this is incorrect, but that's the way it was in the original text."

Answer 7

It means Spelling In Question (yes, I know 'c' and 'q' aren't the same letter).

Usually, there is bad or poor spelling or grammar close by.

Answer 8

it's the publisher

Answer 9

The guy with the french name is right.

Answer 10

give the points to soleil noir, I agree with him/her?