Sic (adverb)

Used to indicate that a quoted text is reproduced exactly as it appears in the original source, including any errors or peculiarities.

Origin:

The word "sic" comes from the latin word "sic" meaning "thus, so". it is commonly used in written english to indicate that a quoted text is reproduced exactly as it appears in the original source, including any errors or peculiarities.

Examples:

  1. I can"t believe he spelled it "definately" (sic).
  2. She wrote "loose" instead of "lose" (sic) in her essay.
  3. The original document contained the phrase "irregardless" (sic) which is not a word.
  4. The author wrote "their" instead of "there" (sic) in the manuscript.
  5. The newspaper quoted the president as saying "I will not stand for this injustice" (sic), but later corrected it to "I will not sit for this injustice".
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