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To: LibWhacker

I don’t understand the “(sic)” in the title. Everything seems to be grammatically correct, including spelling. What did I miss?


4 posted on 02/27/2009 9:25:30 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: Zuben Elgenubi
Hi, Zuben... 'sic' doesn't necessarily mean there is a grammatical error; e.g.
/sik; Eng. sɪk/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [seek; Eng. sik] Show IPA
–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).

6 posted on 02/27/2009 9:34:07 AM PST by LibWhacker
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