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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Meaning of [sic]

[H] What is the meaning of [sic]
  

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You didn't supply any context so I'll point you to http://www.answers.com/topic/sic-2
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You are a newspaper reporter. Miss X gives you a note. You write a story about Miss X. You write, "Miss X gave me a note. It says, 'Please take care of my kat (sic) during my too (sic) weeks in the hospital.' " Of course, she misspelled "cat" and "two" in her note. So you put (sic) after those words because you want to say: Dear readers, I did not misspell those words. That is exactly how
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sic
interj. attack! (command given to a dog)

adv. intentionally written in this manner (used to indicate that a word or phrase has been reprinted in its original form)

v. attack, set upon (often used as a command to a dog); encourage or incite to attack

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