Comments on: Grammar 101: What Does [Sic] Mean?

By: Angie

Angie — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:37:45 +0000

Interesting. I was unaware of this until now. Thank you for this post. Some emails and webpages out there, if copied as examples, would be riddled with [sic][sic][sic][sic]!
That’s just sick!

By: Michael Kwan

Michael Kwan — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:50:42 +0000

I used to think that too (until I looked it up).

By: Michael Kwan

Michael Kwan — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:50:16 +0000

It’s always placed immediately after the inaccuracy within the quote itself.

By: betshopboy

betshopboy — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:46:40 +0000

Now that we know the meaning of [sic] and when to use, my question is where to place it approriately?

Should the placement be within the quote itself, right after the inaccuracy (as shown in your examples)?

Or should it be placed after the quoted sentence or phrase finishes?

By: Ray Ebersole

Ray Ebersole — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:25:35 +0000

It’s interesting that someone would want to use [sic] because they wanted to show that they didn’t make a spelling error, but were quoting verbatim. I would think that most people with common sense would understand that the quote is a quote and the spelling is from the author of the quote, not the writer of the article.

Of course when did common sense matter anymore.

By: Michel Fortin

Michel Fortin — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:51:10 +0000

Funny. I always thought it was an acronym that meant “Spelling Intentionally Correct,” meaning, it’s the exact spelling used by the person quoted — as you explained in your article, Michael.

By: Sydney Arnold

Sydney Arnold — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:39:08 +0000

Great article. I have a suggestion. Tell me if you’ve done this already, but “The Difference Between Then and Than”. I’m tired of people using “then” to compare two things. It’s THAN! Than! More THAN! Sorry, I just get a little heated about these things.