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Use of sic greatly increased in the mid-20th century. [8] For example, in United States state-court opinions before 1944, sic appeared 1,239 times in the Westlaw database; in those from 1945 to 1990, it appeared 69,168 times, over 55 times as many. [2] Its use as a form of ridicule has been cited as a major factor in this increase. [2]
This template simplifies insertion of the "[sic]" notation, which is used where a textual error, or unexpected but intended text that may appear to be an error, has been faithfully reproduced from the original source. Note that MOS:QUOTE says: "trivial spelling and typographic errors should simply be corrected without comment […] unless the slip is textually important." Template parameters ...
Or "use your property in such a way that you do not damage others '". A legal maxim related to property ownership laws, often shortened to simply sic utere ("use it thus"). sic vita est: thus is life: Or "such is life". Indicates that a circumstance, whether good or bad, is an inherent aspect of living. sic vos non vobis mellificates apes
sic: sic "thus" Used when quoting text that contains some form of mistake, to show that the mistake was in the original work and is not a misquotation. Sic is also often used to indicate surprise or incredulity, or maliciously, to draw attention to an author's mistake. stat. statim "immediately" Often used in medical contexts.
Using [sic] is a well-known convention (the point of some of these conventions only dawn over time) and it is easy enough for a reader, intrigued at this annotation, to find out about it. My view on the general case is that it does not require identical spelling to be a correct quote. You should be wary of changing words (e.g.
Using an old 19th-century quote that should've been "veil of snow": is this acceptable: "vail of snew [sic]" as opposed to "vail [sic] of snew [sic]"? This three-word phrase is buried in a larger quote. – Kerαu noςco pia gala xies 08:08, 12 April 2013 (UTC) MOS:QUOTE doesn't answer this question. I would use a single 'sic', unless it was ...
MOS:QUOTE says to do so for quotes in prose, but nothing is mentioned of ref titles, unless they are assumed to form part of quoted material. Mac Dreamstate 18:00, 15 April 2017 (UTC) If it is clearly just a typo, as in this case, I think it can be fixed. —David Eppstein 18:19, 15 April 2017 (UTC) Disagree, suggest quote exactly + [sic ...
1 sic and CS1/CS2 citation templates. 3 comments. 2 Template-protected edit request on 22 June 2022. 2 comments. 3 Other uses? 5 comments. 4 HTML class. 1 comment.