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''Sic'' is a from the quoted original and is not a Transcription Error .1


OVERVIEW


The word ''sic'' may be used either to show that an uncommon or :
:The House of Representatives shall chuse {Link without Title} their Speaker...
or to highlight an error, often for the purpose of ridicule or Irony , as in this example:
:Warehouse has been around for 30 years and has 263 stores, suggesting a large fan base. The chain sums up its appeal thus: “styley confident, sexy, glamorous, edgy, clean and individual, with it's [sic finger on the fashion pulse.”2

If text containing a quote is itself quoted in a third text, it may not be possible for a reader to tell whether any " {Link without Title} " in the inner quote was added by the writer of the second text or the writer of the third text, or whether the anomaly highlighted was introduced by the first writer or the second.

The word ''sic'' is sometimes erroneously thought to be an s" are all False Etymologies .3


DERIVATION

In the ), ''sim'' ( Portuguese ), ''sì'' ( Italian ), ''si'' ( French for "yes, on the contrary").
Medieval Latin Sometimes used ''sic'' as "yes", reflecting the Romance usage.


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