2007-02-20 06:27:53 · 5 answers · asked by Mike H 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
"(sic)" means the word was used or printed exactly as it was originally written.
Latin, In such manner; so; thus.
A misspelled or incorrect word in a quotation followed by "[sic]" indicates that the error appeared in the original source.
2007-02-20 09:41:37 · answer #1 · answered by Kate 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sic is Latin, meaning thus, so, or "just as that."
It indicates a spelling or grammatical error from the original quote. It's a way of saying "don't blame me, Sparky, this is what the person wrote/said!"
Incidentally, I wonder how you handle it if the person's error is misspelling the word "sick?"
"The bad spelling I see on Yahoo Answers makes me sic [sic]."
Suppose you have a dog named Sick, want YOUR dog to attack famous author/policy maker/academic Gary Sick (who had the flu), and the cop who witnessed it didn't do a good job telling his sics from his Sicks. Suppose the dog did it six times.
"Sic [sic] sick'd [sic] the sicly [sic] Sic [sic] sicks [sic] times."
Sicening!
2007-02-20 14:31:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
It means the speaker or writer made a mistake and the editor did NOT fix it. Sic means that the editor wants you to know that he saw the mistake and decided to ignore so you would know about the mistake.
2007-02-20 14:34:29 · answer #3 · answered by Steve71 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means that the grammatical or spelling error in the quote was in the quote itself.
2007-02-20 15:45:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
it means the quoter left out a word in their quote and the editor is fixing the mistake but still has to alert readers that it isnt the quoters exact wording.
2007-02-20 14:31:06 · answer #5 · answered by ksmarriedcouple 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋