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bird
from New Zealand, but in (Switzerland) on 2003-06-30 13:21 [#00762832]
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since i have a small question to ask, that doesn't really warrant a whole thread to itself, i thought why not declare this the "question and answer" topic for one off questions that will probably be simply answered?
so...
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bird
from New Zealand, but in (Switzerland) on 2003-06-30 13:22 [#00762835]
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what does "(sic)" mean?....
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manticore
from London (ON) (Canada) on 2003-06-30 13:26 [#00762839]
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courtesy of www.dictionary.msn.com: sic [ sik ] adverb
meaning thus or so: thus or so, used within brackets to indicate that what precedes it is written intentionally or is copied verbatim from the original, even if it appears to be a mistake
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pomme de terre
from obscure body in the SK System on 2003-06-30 13:26 [#00762840]
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if you are quoting someone using a grammatical error, you put that in there as a notation of the error.. so you won't be misquoting
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pomme de terre
from obscure body in the SK System on 2003-06-30 13:28 [#00762843]
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Local resident Jessup Mccoy had this to say about the proposed tax hike, "I rekon it don't do me (sic) much good"
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bird
from New Zealand, but in (Switzerland) on 2003-06-30 13:41 [#00762854]
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ahh.... cheers!
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