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[sic] is used to indicate the fact that the transcribed/copied text is indeed correct, and the eventual error was included in the original text. The fact of pas
by mkotowski 5y ago
[sic] is used to indicate the fact that the transcribed/copied text is indeed correct, and the eventual error was included in the original text. The fact of pasting or transcribing the words wouldn’t matter in that context.
- avgcorrection 5y agoIt’s a poor practice in a digital context. The very act of adding such annotations just increases the likelihood of botching a quote compared to just copying it over... It might be understandable for a digital medium which can be hard to paste from, like a PDF.