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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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which is the correct symbol to show that there was an error in the original source:
{sic} or <sic>
{sic} or <sic>
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From the dictionary: sic –adverb Latin . , that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: He signed his name as e. e.
- From the dictionary: sic –adverb Latin .
- , that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: He signed his name as e.
- e.
- cummings (sic).
- ------------------------------- I have also seen it in square brackets as well as parentheses: [sic]
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From the dictionary:
sic
–adverb
Latin . so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: He signed his name as e. e. cummings (sic).
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I have also seen it in square brackets as
sic
–adverb
Latin . so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: He signed his name as e. e. cummings (sic).
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I have also seen it in square brackets as
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