[Foundation-l] Crazy desires
Rowan Collins
rowan.collins at gmail.com
Tue Nov 9 00:29:42 UTC 2004
On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 00:38:18 +0100, Anthere <anthere9 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> What does that mean [sic] anyway ?
It's latin for "thus", and is commonly used in English to denote that
a grammatical or spelling error is part of a direct quote, and not an
error made in the reporting of that quote; or, that an error is
intentional, and should not be pointed out or corrected.
e.g. "the letter said 'dear sir/madm [sic], i am..."
See also: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sic
[Myself, I'd say there's no need for the "pseudo" in that edit
summary; although perhaps "irritating petty troll" would fit better]
--
Rowan Collins BSc
[IMSoP]
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