what does sic mean?

Question

When im reading a book or the newspaper i often see the three letter word "sic"after a word or sentence.Its bugging the hell out of me.Any thoughts?

Answer 1

'sic' is inserted after a printed word that has been reproduced correctly but in its original transcription or quote was wrong.It is a sign from the author that he is aware of the inaccuracy but is reproducing material as it was originally supplied notwithstanding

Answer 2

Bearbrain is NOT right, hebb.
'sic', meaning "this is exactly what it says in the original," is used when the original seems odd. (The quoter does not want to think e odd word is due to his error in quoting what the original author said.)

It USUALLY means there's an odd-looking and WRONG word in the original. BUT it is can ALSO be used when the original has a odd-looking but RIGHT word, one the seems odd only because spellings have changed, for example.

For example, the U.S. Constitution six times says 'chuse' where we would today say 'choose'. If you were quoting it, you'd write, "The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate ... The Senate shall chuse [sic] their other Officers ..."

Answer 3

This word always appears within the brackets, that is, (sic); it's used academically to denote that particular word(s) or a passage as exactly/originally written or printed. It's from Latin sic = so, thus.

Answer 4

usually it means- we are quoting directly what the author has said and yes we noticed this is an error such as " or book you will see sic in the secentance(sic) " cuz it is sentence so it means the original author made the error and not the person quoting them

Answer 5

Sic is Latin and it means thus; so. Used within brackets, it shows that a quoted passage, especially one containing some error or something questionable, is precisely reproduced.

Answer 6

it means "same In copy... if you see an article written with something like..... "he axked(sic) me what to do"...it means it was written just as the person said it...indicating it is not written as an error on the part of the article writer, but was the actual word used by the other individual. (same in copy)

Answer 7

(sic) generally means that the quotation, or whatever has not been corrected, grammatically or otherwise. It is presented "as is"

Answer 8

The only sic I know of is when someone "sics" their pet at you.

Answer 9

K ; is correct. I'd also like to add that to use it in informal writing might make you look smug.

Answer 10

Bearbrain has it correct.