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Sat Jul-31-04 05:07 PM
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Sat Jul-31-04 05:09 PM
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| 1. It's a journalism term that means the error is in the original |
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"Get a brain, morans (sic)" = no, it's not a typo, he really did say "morans"
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Sat Jul-31-04 05:11 PM
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We used the same example!
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| 2. It means that you're pointing out a mistake |
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Edited on Sat Jul-31-04 05:12 PM by Blue-Jay
When you quote another source that has a spelling or grammatical error, you use (sic) to alert people that the error was not yours.
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"Get a brain, morans (sic)"
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Edited on Sat Jul-31-04 05:12 PM by achtung_circus
thus; so. Used to indicate that a quoted passage, especially one containing an error or unconventional spelling, has been retained in its original form or written intentionally.
And to indicate that nyah, nyah I picked up the error that the original writer didn't. It's kind of like having to edit my posts.
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Sat Jul-31-04 05:19 PM
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| 5. It's Latin for 'Thus' n/t |
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