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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Hi...if someone is writing a note and after a sentence or word puts the letters (sic) - what does that mean? and also they would sometimes put (sp) - Please let me know what these abbreviations in brackets mean....
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Hi, if someone is writing a note and after a sentence or word puts the letters (sic) - what does that mean? 'Sic' is a Latin word that means 'thus'. It's used in a situation where someone is being quoted and they used some odd or incorrect word.
- Hi, if someone is writing a note and after a sentence or word puts the letters (sic) - what does that mean?
- 'Sic' is a Latin word that means 'thus'.
- It's used in a situation where someone is being quoted and they used some odd or incorrect word.
- eg Obama said "Americans is (sic) worried ".
- This tells the reader that Obama really did say 'is' instead of 'are'.
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Hi,
if someone is writing a note and after a sentence or word puts the letters (sic) - what does that mean?
'Sic' is a Latin word that means 'thus'.
It's used in a situation where someone is being quoted and they used some odd or incorrect word.
eg Obama said "Americans is (sic) worried". This tells the reader that Obama really did say 'i
if someone is writing a note and after a sentence or word puts the letters (sic) - what does that mean?
'Sic' is a Latin word that means 'thus'.
It's used in a situation where someone is being quoted and they used some odd or incorrect word.
eg Obama said "Americans is (sic) worried". This tells the reader that Obama really did say 'i
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