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Unless your actual aim is to draw attention to the incorrect use of [sic], when would this actually be needed? Surely the normal use would be "So and so is quot
by corin_ 16y ago
Unless your actual aim is to draw attention to the incorrect use of [sic], when would this actually be needed? Surely the normal use would be "So and so is quoted in the <whatever source> as saying:" in which case you can quote what they said without needing any editorial additions, such as [sic], that the source added themselves.
- endtime 16y agoTheir [sic] will look like yours, though. And since it's stipulated that the quotee used [sic] incorrectly, you (the quoter) will look as if you are using it incorrectly.