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23 wrz 2022 · Use “sic” to indicate a grammatical or spelling mistake in the original text of a quote. “Sic” is generally italicized in formal texts. Also enclose “sic” in brackets in formal writing.
7 paź 2007 · Sic is a Latin term meaning “thus.”. It is used to indicate that something incorrectly written is intentionally being left as it was in the original. Sic is usually italicized and always surrounded by brackets to indicate that it was not part of the original. Place [sic] right after the error.
19 mar 2015 · Adding [sic] after every such acronym/spelling not only makes the quoted message (even more) unreadable, you may also give your audience the idea that you have absolutely no idea how text messages are spelled nowadays... or at least, they may think you pedantic.
15 sty 2024 · When "sic" appears in quoted text, it's meant to inform the reader that the writer copied the quoted text verbatim from the original source. This is typically necessary when a misspelling, grammatical error, or other error appears in the original source.
30 sie 2019 · Journalists often use [sic] when quoting text from other stories or resources that have typos in them. Nowadays, it’s especially common for them to use [sic] when quoting Tweets and comments on Facebook posts in their articles.
20 gru 2015 · Whenever you are quoting text which contains an error, you can use ‘sic’ to show the mistake was in the original version. For instance: Original: Aromatherapy has anscient roots.
2 sty 2016 · By convention, we typically type “sic” in italics and place it in square brackets: [sic]. You’re most likely to see “[ sic ]” embedded in a quote when the original source contains an error, a word with outdated spelling, faulty logic, or a term that’s no longer politically correct.”
