Been meaning to ask for a while.....

[ayabrea38]

but having the memory of a .....whatever,I have just remembered.
For those educated among you,please can you tell me what it means when you are reading a quote or something someone has said and the writer puts (sic) after it?
Just one of those things they should of taught me in school.
Thanks
Aya

[sherrardk]

Doesn't it indicate that you have included any mistakes that were in the original quote?

[MarkRae]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic

[Canary42]

It means you are reproducing it exactly as written (for example with spelling mistakes replicated).

[JMR27]

It indicates that the quote has been represented exactly even if there are spelling mistakes or inaccuracies in it

[karenmac60]

Is it not when they are quoting something an there is a spelling or gramatical error in the original quote? They are repeating the mistake but acknowledging it. (I think)

[dotty.]

seen in context is what I always take it to mean,

[I.Don No]

I am glad you asked this question and now that I know the answer I will be able to sleep soundly tonight.

[karenmac60]

(don't quote that - there was a typo!)

[Canary42]

Here's an example from your question

"Just one of those things they should of[sic] taught me at school"

[MarkRae]

E.g. "an [sic] there is a spelling or gramatical [sic] error"

[Buenchico]

As Sherrardk indicates, 'sic' shows that a direct quotation (of something incorrect) is being given.

For example, I could write:
Ayabrea38 told us that it's "just one of those things they should of (sic) taught me in school".

The 'sic' there indicates that it was Ayabrea38 who incorrectly wrote 'of' (instead of 'have'), and not me!
;-)

[evil__sheep]

in my post about the apprentice i put caraca's (sic) because i am acknowledging that I know Caracas is spelt Caracas but the stupid people on the apprentice used it as caraca's

[scotman]

From Chambers

sic adverb a term used in brackets after a word or phrase in a quotation to indicate that it is quoted accurately, even if it appears to be a mistake.
ETYMOLOGY: 19c: Latin, meaning 'thus' or 'so'.

[DrFilth]

wiki gives as



SIC From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from (SIC))


For the sic template in Wikipedia,
see Template:Sic

Sic is a Latin word that means "thus" or, in writing, "it was thus in the source material".

Sic may also refer to:

Sic, Cluj, a commune in Romania
SiC, Silicon carbide, a semiconducting material, also used to make metalworking tools from
SIC, the regional code for Sicily
Sic (band) is a modern Hardcore/Thrash metal band from Torshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands
"(sic)", a song by American band Slipknot fom the album Slipknot

[dotty.]

so is 'seen in context' wrong then? I've been taking it to mean that since school DOH

[ayabrea38]

Oh,I get it now.
See if my brain had been working I would of thought of Wiki,so thanks for the link and the answers.
The mind does boggle though,how can you misspell something that someone told you ;-)
Thanks again
Aya

[MarkRae]

Aya, answer me something honestly, please.

Do you HONESTLY not know that "should of" / "would of" / "could of" etc are incorrect...?

[karenmac60]

I know Mark, I know - my laptop's keys are getting old and sticky and I spent so long sorting the rest of the mistakes in that sentence that I missed a couple. It did give you a good example for Dotty though (and I did say I'd made a mistake).

[dotty.]

I'm confused. It does mean seen in context, ignore wiki and such rubbish.

[MarkRae]

Dotty, it most definitely not mean "seen in context" - it means exactly as I and others have explained.