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Out of curiosity, what's the idea behind including a "sic" parenthetical in an original unquoted piece of writing?
by lgas 6y ago
Out of curiosity, what's the idea behind including a "sic" parenthetical in an original unquoted piece of writing?
- wizzwizz4 6y ago"Sic" means "that's not a mistake". When quoting, it often means "I didn't make the mistake, I faithfully copied somebody else's" but when writing your own stuff, it means "I didn't make a mistake; I meant to write that".
- lgas 6y agoOk, gotcha. I'm familiar with it (in the "sic erat scriptum" sense) for other people's writing but I've never seen it used in an original writing like that. Not sure I get it here either, since most cities I can think of have multiple highways going through them, but thanks for the clarification. Always glad to expand my understanding of language.
- TheOtherHobbes 6y agoIt literally means "thus" which is just another way of saying "Yes, really!"