sic: thus; so. Used to indicate that a quoted passage, especially one containing an error or unconventional spelling, has been retained in its original form or written intentionally. - Answers.com definitionPosted on 01/01/2007 5:01:31 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
Adding religious insult to mortal injury, ABC's coverage of the death of the 3000th US service-person in Iraq seemed to suggest that there was something odd or erroneous in the expression of a traditional belief in the afterlife.
There can be no doubt that the friend was expressing his expectation to see Dustin again in the world to come. That the reference to seeing Dustin again was prefaced by a mention of the family being in the friend's prayers emphasizes that religious faith was being expressed."You were one of my best friends and I'll never forget you. All my prayers go to your family and I'll see you again." (sic)
What makes it then ,"not acceptable reporting"?
It may not being referring to an error, since in addition to indicating error (sic) can also mean,"....to guard against a supposition of misquotation." In that sense it would indicate an exact quote of the young man's words and nothing more.
My wife reminded me that our local newspaper uses (sic) in its "Letter to the Editor" column to indicate exact quotes, as do other newspapers in the area.
The quote was . . . in quotes, so there was no further need to indicate that it was a verbatim!!
Yeah, but it's from the same passage. It explains why the sic came up at all, and the fact that the guy doing the graphic was forced to crop the message to make it fit probably explains why the sic got displaced. This has "dumb college intern not knowing what he's doing and a little drunk from the New Year's Eve party" splattered all over it.
You could be right, but then again there was no "sic" in the online version. In any case, IMHO you're making a reasonable argument, in contrast with em2vn who does not appear to understand the meaning or usage of 'sic.'
Well, who knows? It'd be interesting to hear what ABC says, if they ever say anything at all.
I'll certainly post any response received from ABC.
Brilliant! I pledge to always include the (sic) when posting about ABC "News."
"'I'll' is spelled correctly"
That's something i'll never do!
It's saying i'm more important than anyone else and absolutely refuse to capitolize!
Stupid question
If it's set on private .. how did ABC get this quote??
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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Well, I don't see any misspellings, strange or incorrect usage , etc.
I expect someone even less well versed in english than I am was at the keyboard. This seems a mistaken usage of (sic).
I would figure they contacted the family and were given permission to view it. The last time Donica ever logged in was Dec. 27, but his page shows the last log-in as Dec. 31, so apparently his family has the password.
"[sic]" at the end of a statement means "said in content" - Im not sure I understand what all of the fuss is about.
It's not factual that ABC hasn't responded. He indicates that he is in contact with at least one reporter at ABC. If anyone from ABC is to be considered ABC, he has been in contact with the network.
My question was about contacting the editor who was responsible for using (sic).
It seems unlikely that anyone would be available to respond to an editing inquiry during the New Year's holiday.
In fact, to simply state that ABC hadn't responded, without the context as to how the contact was made, seems to be the kind of thing we accuse the NYT, CBS and the rest of the gang of doing in their reporting.
After finding the full meaning of (sic) I think the charge against ABC to be something I would expect from moveon.org but not from FR.
Sorry, but that's not what sic means. Please see the definition given at the beginning of the article. Sic means that the error or odd spelling is that of the original author, not of the person transcribing it.
I have given you a more complete meaning of (sic) than you desire to consider so that a wholly subject charge can be leveled.
Reporting bias is unacceptable no matter the source, or the political leaning upon which it is founded.
"I'll see you again" can't be correct = in ABBCNNBCBS's sic minds, because it was written after his death.
The second sentence lacks a comma between two independent clauses.
The Urban Dictionary gives a fuller explanation of the meaning of 'sic':
Square brackets are most commonly used around the word 'sic' (from the Latin 'sicut', meaning 'just as'), to explain the status of an apparent mistake. Generally, sic means the foregoing mistake (or apparent mistake) was made by the writer/speaker I am quoting; I am but the faithful messenger; in fact I never get anything wrong myself. Book reviewers in particular adore to use sic. It makes them feel terrific, because what it means is that they've spotted this apparent mistake, thank you, so there is no point in writing in. However, there are distinctions within sic: it can signify two different things:
1) This isn't a mistake, actually, it just looks like one to the casual eye.
2) Tee hee, what a dreadful error! But it would be dishonest of me to correct it.
Do you really believe that's what the 'sic' intended to point out?
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