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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%83%D8%B0%D9%8A%D8%A9_(%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A8)" title="تكذية (كتب) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="تكذية (كتب)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic" title="Sic – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Sic" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic" title="Sic – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Sic" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic" title="Sic – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Sic" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic" title="Sic – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Sic" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic" title="Sic – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Sic" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic" title="Sic – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Sic" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic" title="Sic – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Sic" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic" title="Sic – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Sic" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic" title="Sic – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Sic" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic" title="Sic – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Sic" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic" title="Sic – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Sic" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiel!" title="Tiel! – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Tiel!" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic" title="Sic – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Sic" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic" title="Sic – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Sic" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic" title="Sic – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Sic" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic" title="Sic – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Sic" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%8B%9C%ED%81%AC_(%EC%9D%B8%EC%9A%A9)" title="시크 (인용) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="시크 (인용)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic" title="Sic – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Sic" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic" title="Sic – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Sic" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic" title="Sic – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Sic" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic" title="Sic – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Sic" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic" title="Sic – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Sic" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9B%D7%9A_%D7%91%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A8" title="כך במקור – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="כך במקור" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic" title="Sic – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Sic" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic" title="Sic – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Sic" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic_(Latijn)" title="Sic (Latijn) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Sic (Latijn)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%9E_(%E6%A0%A1%E6%AD%A3)" title="ママ (校正) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ママ (校正)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic" title="Sic – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Sic" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic" title="Sic – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Sic" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic" title="Sic – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Sic" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic" title="Sic – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="Sic" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiamento" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Papiamentu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic" title="Sic – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Sic" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic" title="Sic – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Sic" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic" title="Sic – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Sic" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic" title="Sic – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Sic" data-language-autonym="Русский" 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class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div> </div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> <a href="/wiki/Adverb" title="Adverb">adverb</a> <i><b>sic</b></i> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span></span>/</a></span></span>; <i>thus</i>, <i>so</i>, and <i>in this manner</i>) inserted after a quotation indicates that the quoted matter has been transcribed or translated as found in the source text, including erroneous, archaic, or unusual spelling, <a href="/wiki/Punctuation" title="Punctuation">punctuation</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Grammar" title="Grammar">grammar</a>. <i>Sic</i> also applies to any surprising assertion, faulty reasoning, or other matter that might otherwise be interpreted as an <a href="/wiki/Transcription_error" title="Transcription error">error of transcription</a>. </p><p>The typical editorial usage of <i>sic</i> is to inform the reader that any errors in a quotation did not arise from editorial errors in the transcription, but are intentionally reproduced as they appear in the source text being quoted; thus, <i>sic</i> is placed inside <a href="/wiki/Bracket#Square_brackets" title="Bracket">brackets</a> to indicate it is not part of the quotation. <i>Sic</i> can also be used derisively to direct the reader's attention to the writer's spelling mistakes and erroneous logic, or to show disapproval of the content or form of the material.<sup id="cite_ref-garner2001_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-garner2001-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology_and_historical_usage">Etymology and historical usage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sic&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology and historical usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the English language, the Latin adverb <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">sic</i></span> is used as an adverb, and derivatively as a noun and as a verb.<sup id="cite_ref-oed1989_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oed1989-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Adverb" title="Adverb">adverb</a> <i>sic</i>, meaning 'intentionally so written', first appeared in English <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1856</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-webster2003_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-webster2003-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is derived from the <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> adverb <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">sīc</i></span>, which means 'so', 'thus', 'in this manner'.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the <i><a href="/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary" title="Oxford English Dictionary">Oxford English Dictionary</a></i>, the verbal form of <i>sic</i>, meaning 'to mark with a <i>sic'</i>, emerged in 1889, <a href="/wiki/E._Belfort_Bax" class="mw-redirect" title="E. Belfort Bax">E. Belfort Bax</a><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> work in <i>The Ethics of Socialism</i> being an early example.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Folk_etymologies">Folk etymologies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sic&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Folk etymologies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On occasion, <i>sic</i> has been misidentified as an <a href="/wiki/Acronym" title="Acronym">acronym</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (and therefore sometimes misspelled with periods): <i>s.i.c.</i> is said to stand for "spelled/said in copy/context", "spelling is correct", "spelled incorrectly", and other such <a href="/wiki/Folk_etymology" title="Folk etymology">folk etymology</a> phrases. These are all incorrect and are simply <a href="/wiki/Backronym" title="Backronym">backronyms</a> from <i>sic</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Modern_usage">Modern usage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sic&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Modern usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Use of <i>sic</i> greatly increased in the mid-20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-garner2000_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-garner2000-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For example, in <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> state-court opinions before 1944, <i>sic</i> appeared 1,239 times in the <a href="/wiki/Westlaw" title="Westlaw">Westlaw</a> database; in those from 1945 to 1990, it appeared 69,168 times, over 55 times as many.<sup id="cite_ref-garner2001_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-garner2001-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its use as a form of ridicule has been cited as a major factor in this increase.<sup id="cite_ref-garner2001_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-garner2001-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The immoderate use of <i>sic</i> has created some controversy, leading some editors, including bibliographical scholar Simon Nowell-Smith and literary critic <a href="/wiki/Leon_Edel" title="Leon Edel">Leon Edel</a>, to speak out against it.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conventional_use">Conventional use</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sic&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Conventional use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The bracketed form [<i>sic</i>] is most often inserted into quoted or reprinted material to indicate meticulous accuracy in reproducing the preceding text, despite appearances to the reader of an incorrect or unusual <a href="/wiki/Orthography" title="Orthography">orthography</a> (<a href="/wiki/Spelling" title="Spelling">spelling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Punctuation" title="Punctuation">punctuation</a>, grammar, syntax, fact, logic, etc.).<sup id="cite_ref-garner2001_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-garner2001-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-usd2009_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-usd2009-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several usage guides recommend that a bracketed <i>sic</i> be used primarily as an aid to the reader, not as an indicator of disagreement with the source.<sup id="cite_ref-garner2001_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-garner2001-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-coyle2009_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coyle2009-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Use_to_denote_archaisms_and_dialect">Use to denote archaisms and dialect</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sic&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Use to denote archaisms and dialect"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Sic</i> may show that an uncommon or <a href="/wiki/Archaism" title="Archaism">archaic</a> expression is reported faithfully,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> such as when quoting the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Constitution">U.S. Constitution</a>: "The House of Representatives shall chuse [<i>sic</i>] their Speaker ..." However, several writing guidebooks discourage its use with regard to dialect, such as in cases of <a href="/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences" title="American and British English spelling differences">American and British English spelling differences</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-garner2000_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-garner2000-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-coyle2009_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coyle2009-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The appearance of a bracketed <i>sic</i> after the word <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/analyse" class="extiw" title="wikt:analyse">analyse</a></i> in a book review led <a href="/wiki/Bryan_A._Garner" title="Bryan A. Garner">Bryan A. Garner</a> to comment, "all the quoter (or overzealous editor) [sic] demonstrated was ignorance of British usage".<sup id="cite_ref-garner2001_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-garner2001-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ironic_use">Ironic use</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sic&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Ironic use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Scare_quotes" title="Scare quotes">Scare quotes</a></div> <p>Occasionally a writer places [<i>sic</i>] after their own words, to indicate that the language has been chosen deliberately for special effect, especially where the writer's ironic meaning may otherwise be unclear.<sup id="cite_ref-fowler1929_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fowler1929-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bryan_A._Garner" title="Bryan A. Garner">Bryan A. Garner</a> dubbed this use of <i>sic</i> "ironic", providing the following example from <a href="/wiki/Fred_Rodell" title="Fred Rodell">Fred Rodell</a><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> 1955 book <i>Nine Men</i>:<sup id="cite_ref-garner2001_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-garner2001-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>[I]n 1951, it was the blessing bestowed on Judge <a href="/wiki/Harold_Medina" title="Harold Medina">Harold Medina</a>'s <i>prosecution</i> [<i>sic</i>] of the eleven so-called 'top native Communists,' which blessing meant giving the Smith Act the judicial nod of constitutionality.</p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Formatting">Formatting</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sic&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Formatting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Where <i>sic</i> follows the quotation, it takes <a href="/wiki/Bracket" title="Bracket">brackets</a>: [<i>sic</i>].<sup id="cite_ref-Jessen_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jessen-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The word <i>sic</i> is often treated as a <a href="/wiki/Loanword" title="Loanword">loanword</a> that does not require italics, and the style manuals of New Zealand, Australian and British media outlets generally do not require italicisation.<sup id="cite_ref-coyle2009_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coyle2009-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, italicization is common in the United States, where authorities including <i><a href="/wiki/APA_Style" class="mw-redirect" title="APA Style">APA Style</a></i> insist upon it.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Because <i>sic</i> is not an abbreviation, placing a <a href="/wiki/Full_stop" title="Full stop">full stop</a>/period inside the brackets after the word <i>sic</i> is erroneous,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cgsau_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cgsau-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although the California Style Manual suggests styling it as a parenthetical sentence only when used after a complete sentence, like so: (<i>Sic.</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-Jessen_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jessen-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Alternatives">Alternatives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sic&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Alternatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Replacement">Replacement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sic&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Replacement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some guides, including <i><a href="/wiki/The_Chicago_Manual_of_Style" title="The Chicago Manual of Style">The Chicago Manual of Style</a></i>, recommend "quiet <a href="/wiki/Copy-editing" class="mw-redirect" title="Copy-editing">copy-editing</a>" (unless where inappropriate or uncertain) instead of inserting a bracketed <i>sic</i>, such as by substituting in brackets the correct word in place of the incorrect word or by simply replacing an incorrect spelling with the correct one.<sup id="cite_ref-garner2001_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-garner2001-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recte"><i>Recte</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sic&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Recte"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Alternatively, to show both the original and the suggested correction (as they often are in <a href="/wiki/Palaeography" title="Palaeography">palaeography</a>), one may give the actual form, followed by <i>recte</i>, then the correct form, in brackets. The Latin adverb <i>recte</i> means <i>rightly</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712" /><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>An Iraqi battalion has consumed [<i>recte</i> assumed] control of the former American military base, and our forces are now about 40 minutes outside the city.</p></blockquote> <p>According to the <i>Journal of Seventeenth-Century Music Style Sheet</i>, there should be no punctuation, for example no colon, before the correct form when using <i>recte</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Read">Read</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sic&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Read"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A third alternative is to follow an error with <i>sic</i>, a comma or colon, "read", and the correct reading, all within square brackets, as in the following example: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712" /><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Item 26 - 'Plan of space alongside Evinghews [sic: read Evening News] Printing Works and overlooked by St. Giles House University Hall', [Edinburgh]<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sic&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dictated_but_not_read" title="Dictated but not read">Dictated but not read</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evidentiality" title="Evidentiality">Evidentiality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irony_punctuation" title="Irony punctuation">Irony punctuation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Latin_phrases" title="List of Latin phrases">List of Latin phrases</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qere_and_Ketiv" title="Qere and Ketiv">Qere and Ketiv</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scare_quotes" title="Scare quotes">Scare quotes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viz." title="Viz.">viz.</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sic&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFCarmon2019" class="citation web cs1">Carmon, Irin (2019-04-01). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/04/what-was-the-washington-post-afraid-of.html">"What Was the Washington Post Afraid Of?"</a>. <i>Intelligencer</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2024-02-06</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Intelligencer&rft.atitle=What+Was+the+Washington+Post+Afraid+Of%3F&rft.date=2019-04-01&rft.aulast=Carmon&rft.aufirst=Irin&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnymag.com%2Fintelligencer%2F2019%2F04%2Fwhat-was-the-washington-post-afraid-of.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASic" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-garner2001-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-garner2001_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-garner2001_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-garner2001_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-garner2001_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-garner2001_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-garner2001_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-garner2001_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-garner2001_2-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFGarner2001" class="citation book cs1">Garner, Bryan A. (2001). "sic". <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmode00garn_0"><i>A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage</i></a></span> (2nd ed.). US: Oxford University Press. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmode00garn_0/page/806">806</a>–807. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-514236-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-514236-5"><bdi>978-0-19-514236-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=sic&rft.btitle=A+Dictionary+of+Modern+Legal+Usage&rft.place=US&rft.pages=806-807&rft.edition=2nd&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=978-0-19-514236-5&rft.aulast=Garner&rft.aufirst=Bryan+A.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fdictionaryofmode00garn_0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASic" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-oed1989-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-oed1989_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"sic, adv. (and n.)" <i>Oxford English Dictionary</i>, Second Edition 1989. <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" title="Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-webster2003-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-webster2003_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><sup>3</sup>sic. <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=OwCyCvI8mokC&pg=RA1-PA1156">Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary</a></i>. Merriam-Webster, 2003. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87779-809-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-87779-809-5">0-87779-809-5</a>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87779-809-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-87779-809-5">978-0-87779-809-5</a>. (p.1156)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cassell's Latin Dictionary</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"sic, adv. (and n.)" <i>Oxford English Dictionary</i>, Second Edition 1989. Oxford University Press; see also E. Belfort Bax. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.marxists.org/archive/bax/1887/05/modcant.htm">"On Some Forms of Modern Cant"</a>. Commonweal: 7 May 1887. Marxists' Internet Archive: 14 Jan. 2006</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">e.g. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/sic">"Thefreedictionary.com"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2014-04-10</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Thefreedictionary.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Facronyms.thefreedictionary.com%2Fsic&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASic" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-garner2000-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-garner2000_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-garner2000_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Bryan_A._Garner" title="Bryan A. Garner">Bryan A. Garner</a>. <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=z_VmtjAU01YC&pg=PA305">The Oxford dictionary of American usage and style</a></i>. Oxford University Press US, 2000. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-513508-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-19-513508-3">0-19-513508-3</a>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-513508-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-513508-4">978-0-19-513508-4</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Leon_Edel" title="Leon Edel">Leon Edel</a><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> "Introduction" to <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ULO6DKBMY-4C&q=%22among+scholars+the+discussion%22+OR+%22bracketed+sic%22&pg=PR35">Henry James Letters</a></i> (Volume 1, 1843 – 1875). Harvard University Press, 1974. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-674-38780-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-674-38780-5">0-674-38780-5</a>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-674-38780-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-674-38780-5">978-0-674-38780-5</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-usd2009-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-usd2009_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100712020347/http://sunburst.usd.edu/~rring/History-Writing-Guide.pdf">Grammar and Style</a>." <i>USD History Guide for Writing Research Papers</i>. Department of History, University of South Dakota. 6/12/2009</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-coyle2009-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-coyle2009_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-coyle2009_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-coyle2009_11-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFWilliam_Coyle_and_Joe_Law2009" class="citation book cs1">William Coyle and Joe Law (2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=yKliWm106S8C&pg=PA72"><i>Research Papers</i></a>. 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