Sic—generally inside square brackets, [sic], and occasionally parentheses, (sic)—when added just after a quote or reprinted text, indicates the passage appears exactly as in the original source. The usual purpose is to inform readers that any errors or apparent errors in the copied material are not from transcription—that they are reproduced exactly from the original writer or printer. A bracketed sic may also be used as a form of ridicule or as a humorous comment, typically by drawing attention to the original writer's mistakes.
Though occasionally misidentified as an abbreviation, sic is an English-language adverb (also a noun and verb) that has its origins in Latin.
It's showing how the original was written probably with a mistake, For example if something was being quoted and had been written. "We saw all there work." (sic) it's because it should say "We saw all their work." but the original writer made a mistake.
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Sic—generally inside square brackets, [sic], and occasionally parentheses, (sic)—when added just after a quote or reprinted text, indicates the passage appears exactly as in the original source. The usual purpose is to inform readers that any errors or apparent errors in the copied material are not from transcription—that they are reproduced exactly from the original writer or printer. A bracketed sic may also be used as a form of ridicule or as a humorous comment, typically by drawing attention to the original writer's mistakes.
Though occasionally misidentified as an abbreviation, sic is an English-language adverb (also a noun and verb) that has its origins in Latin.
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Quatt47 is right except that "[sic]" or "(sic)" is supposed to be written right after the incorrect word. It's Latin in origin.
It's showing how the original was written probably with a mistake, For example if something was being quoted and had been written. "We saw all there work." (sic) it's because it should say "We saw all their work." but the original writer made a mistake.
means thus or so or parentheses