marji

At 19:18 10/25/02 -0700, Karin wrote:
>What does "[sic]" mean?

Hi, Karin!!!!

Sic is used when quoting someone else's misspelling or questionable use of
a word. It's the editor/QA person in me (it's what I do for a living as a
medical transcriptionist). Since the word "truly" was misspelled as
"truely," the editor in me used [sic] to show that I was quoting the
person accurately and acknowledging the misspelling. It's pretty goofy now
that I think of it; I mean, who cares, for Heaven's sake? But, it's in me
blood; I can't help myself! Maybe there's a support group out there for
folks like me who edit everything! :-/

I hope you're well!

Marji

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Karin

"marji" <marji@...> wrote:

>
> Yes. I agree with the "truely [sic] wonderful" and "honestly helpful"


Marji - or Anyone,

I know this sounds uneducated of me but it's something I see now and then
and have never figured out what it means.

What does "[sic]" mean?

Karin

Karin

Thank you so much for explaining all this, Marji.
NOW I know and I'll never need to wonder, ever again.
I'm glad you cared to acknowledge the mispelling <g> and I'm glad I asked.
Yes, I'm doing very well, just trying to keep up with this list lately!
It's quite a challenge just reading all these posts, and I don't know where
I'd find the time to actually participate in conversations.
But I loved what you said about getting so much out of this list that you
feel you should be paying for it. I feel exactly the same way, and that's
why I stay, and mostly lurk. But I learn SO much and just soak it all up
like a sponge.
Hope you're doing well, too.
Thanks again ~

Karin



"marji" <marji@...> wrote:

> At 19:18 10/25/02 -0700, Karin wrote:
> >What does "[sic]" mean?
>
> Hi, Karin!!!!
>
> Sic is used when quoting someone else's misspelling or questionable use of
> a word. It's the editor/QA person in me (it's what I do for a living as a
> medical transcriptionist). Since the word "truly" was misspelled as
> "truely," the editor in me used [sic] to show that I was quoting the
> person accurately and acknowledging the misspelling. It's pretty goofy
now
> that I think of it; I mean, who cares, for Heaven's sake? But, it's in me
> blood; I can't help myself! Maybe there's a support group out there for
> folks like me who edit everything! :-/
>
> I hope you're well!
>
> Marji

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In a message dated 10/25/02 8:27:10 PM Central Daylight Time, curtkar@...
writes:

> What does "[sic]" mean?
>
> Karin

When a [sic] is inserted after a word it means that the writer is keeping the
word as written, by the original author, who misspelled it.
(I think) <g>
~Nancy


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