Quotations?

Question

Answer this only if you know the answer!!!

If you are quoting a original piece of writing that has a mistake on it, you are supposed to put something after that confusing part to let the readers know that it was originally like that. It was something like [i] but I don't remember. Please answer this quickly and accurately!!!

Answer 1

You write [sic] after the error.

Answer 2

After the error in the quotation, you write (sic.) to signal to the reader that the mistake was the quotation's author's and not yours. You can also fix the mistake by putting the change in square brackets [like this]. Hope this helps!

Answer 3

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 while maintaining the reputation of the person or organization 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", "stand incorrect", "spelling intentionally changed", or "sans intent comique", to cite but a few backronyms.

Answer 4

Joy M is quite correct.

Answer 5

Yeah thats it