in journalism/writing in general what does (sic) mean?

Question

i have seen it a number of times in the past, does it stand for somthing?

Answer 1

Sic is a Latin word meaning "thus", "so", or "just as that". In writing, it is placed within square brackets and usually italicized — [sic] — to indicate that an incorrect or unusual spelling, phrase, punctuation, and/or other preceding quoted material is a verbatim reproduction of the quoted original and is not a transcription error.

The word sic is sometimes erroneously thought to be an acronym, from any of a number of phrases such as "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".

Answer 2

Sic. - usually written in italics means that the word preceeding is spelt incorrectly but it was like that in the original text and it's not your typo. Say, a newspaper or a book is quoting a letter from someone and the letter writer got some of their spellings wrong, then the journalist/author would employ 'sic' to show the reader that the spelling mistakes came from the letter.

Answer 3

To know what Journalism is NOT I repeat "Not" look to Newspapers like The New York Times or The St. Petersburg Times to name just two (2).

You'll see the best examples of the "Far Left Wing ACLU Adoring Bush-Hating Hyper Liberal ideology saturating every News report re: The War on Terror!

Answer 4

Yes, sic is Latin and means "thus" or "just as that."

It's used when someone is quoting a person who mispelled a word.

Example: John Smith writes, "Leslie was a very good student who allways (sic) excelled in her studies."

The word always was mispelled by John Smith and the person writing this wants to retain his writings as published but acknowledge the mistake as belonging to the original writer and not the new author.

Answer 5

"Sic" is put to mean "as stated" usually because of some grammatical or spelling error. To show that the present writer is not the one who made the mistake which is reproduced.

Answer 6

Generically, it's :Spelled in Context, meaning the Editors are aware that the word is spelled wrong but are printing it the way it was written and submitted by someone like in letters to the editor etc..

Answer 7

It is used in a quotation to note that the writer is accurately quoting a mistake in grammar or usage or spelling. It is Latin for "thus".

Answer 8

I was going to answer this, in DETAIL, - but, all other answerers, are correct, - so, that's an END to that, I suppose!