2007-01-08 02:37:45 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
They do that when they're quoting someone else and the other person either used bad grammar or spelled a word wrong. It's an indication that the error has been conveyed from the original source and is not a typo or the editor's error.
2007-01-08 02:40:20 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. Malaprop 4 · 22⤊ 1⤋
It means that when the spelling look peculiar but that is the way you intend it to be, or when repeating something and you know a word has been mis-spelt but because you are copying the word as it's written (sic) means you KNOW it is mis-spelt, but as you are copying from the original, you want to copy the text faithfully as written.
(sic) means "you know the word has been mis-spelt" as opposed to a mis-spelt word thru error or a keyboard gremlin on the rampage !
2007-01-08 03:31:09 · answer #2 · answered by Hello 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's used to correctly reproduce incorrect language.
For example: "I eated (sic) twenty pumpkins today" - Mister Bean
Here, the correct form would be "ate" but Mister Bean actually said "eated" and so (sic) is used.
2007-01-08 02:49:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
Sic is latin for "thus". Editors use it to point out quotation errors.
2007-01-08 02:41:26 · answer #4 · answered by sleepingliv 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
sic is Latin for ’thus’, ’so’, ’like that’.
You add it when you want to stress a word, to point out a peculiarity, to show that you think it is strange, to insist that it was doubtfully spelled etc
You are welcome
2007-01-08 02:42:03 · answer #5 · answered by saehli 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋