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minus-squarezzx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-29 months agoI’ve never understood what [sic] actually means… I am ignorant
minus-squareMaggiWuerze@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-29 months agoit means the one citing did not fix any errors in grammar or spelling. it is cited just as it was written or said. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic The Latin adverb sic (pronounced [sɪk]; “thus”, “just as”; in full: sic erat scriptum, “thus was it written”)[1]
I’ve never understood what [sic] actually means… I am ignorant
it means the one citing did not fix any errors in grammar or spelling. it is cited just as it was written or said.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic
Got it. Thank you!