2007-12-25 10:23:03 · 22 answers · asked by judeinnes99 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
It means that the sentence is taken exactly as it was offered, with improper verb tenses, spelling errors or whatever and all. For example: He seed (sic) all there was to see. (Instead of correcting it to he saw all there was to see.)
2007-12-25 10:26:45 · answer #1 · answered by CB 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
For example, if I were quoting your question, which has "Mean" in capitals, when it doesn't need to be capitalized, and the word "sentence" spelled incorrectly, I would write...
"what does (sic) Mean (sic) when it is in a sentenence (sic)?"
The "sic" after the "Mean" means it was erroneously capitalized in the original. The "sic" after "sentenence" means the word was spelled wrong in the original.
If I were quoting you, it would be important for me to insert the "sic" in both places to ensure the readers didn't think these were MY errors.
2007-12-25 21:01:22 · answer #2 · answered by Maid of the Mist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means "stated in context".
It means that an incorrect or unusual spelling, phrase or punctuation has been reproduced verbatim and that the incorrect phrase is not a transcription error.
You will commonly see this in biographies or autobiographies or other true stories where some sentences or paragraphs are direct quotes from people and not of the author's writing.
EMT
2007-12-25 18:29:57 · answer #3 · answered by emt_me911 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Following a word or passage "sic" means exactly as written.
2007-12-25 18:29:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It usually follows either poor grammer or spelling and means the error way made in the material being cited.
If you were reporting a statement made by someone else, but not quoting them exactly...Sally said we would recognize her by her ruly (sic) hair.
2007-12-25 18:32:50 · answer #5 · answered by Butterfly Lover 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well dude it can mean diferant things like ''hey man that car is sic''or that smells sick it can also mean what ever you want it to mean i have some boston friends and they are the ones who turned me on to the word and stuff
2007-12-25 18:28:37 · answer #6 · answered by jtackett80 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"sic" is Latin for so or like that -- when it is used in a sentence, it means that is the way someone else wrote what is being referred to.
For example, if someone referred to witch hazel as "wych hazel," and I was citing or quoting them, I could write: ...wych hazel (sic)...
2007-12-25 18:29:06 · answer #7 · answered by rkeech 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Allen,
It means that whoever was copying a document, also copied an original mistake in the document.
It is a Latin term.
"Ranger"
2007-12-25 18:30:09 · answer #8 · answered by earanger 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that the word is spelled wrong or something else is wrong, but you were not the one making the mistake, you are only repeating what the original person said.
2007-12-25 18:26:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
It means the passage is typed/quoted exactly, so any error is in the original, not an accident in the transcription.
2007-12-25 18:26:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋