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<includeonly>{{#if:{{{1|}}}|<span style="background-color:cornsilk" title="If it ain't broke, don't fix it!">{{{1}}}|}}<sup style="font-size:75%;">[''[[:Category:Sic Erat Scriptum|sic]]''][[Category:Sic Erat Scriptum|{{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}}]]</sup>{{#if:{{{1|}}}|</span>|}}</includeonly><noinclude>
<includeonly>{{#if:{{{1|}}}|<span class="sic" title="This is the intended documentation spelling{{#if:{{{2|}}}|; the actual proper spelling would be '{{{2}}}'}}.">{{{1}}}|}}{{#if:{{{1|}}}|</span>|}}<sup class="sic" title="This is the intended documentation spelling{{#if:{{{2|}}}|; the actual proper spelling would be '{{{2}}}'}}.">[[Template:sic|sic]]</sup></includeonly><noinclude>{{Doc/Template
<span style="color:#808080;">The Latin adverb '''sic''' ("thus"; in full: ''sic erat scriptum'', "thus was it written") added immediately after a quoted word or phrase (or a longer piece of text), indicates that the quotation has been transcribed exactly as found in the original source, complete with any erroneous or archaic spelling or other nonstandard presentation.</span> - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic Wikipedia]


Or in other words: Use to denote that what looks like a spelling or grammar mistake, is in fact, not.
|descr= Template {{hl|<nowiki>{{sic}}</nowiki>}} placed immediately after a circumstantially correct but unusual spelling or grammatically iffy statement, will add a small but superior note at that point in the text that links to this page.


==Usage==
<tt><nowiki>{{sic}}</nowiki></tt> placed immediately after a circumstantially correct but unusual spelling or grammatically iffy statement, will add a small but superior note at that point in the text, that links to [[:Category:Sic Erat Scriptum]], whilst simultaneously adding the page to that Category.


==Example==
{{Feature|quote|The Latin adverb '''sic''' ("thus"; in full: ''sic erat scriptum'', "thus was it written") added immediately after a quoted word or phrase (or a longer piece of text), indicates that the quotation has been transcribed exactly as found in the original source, complete with any erroneous or archaic spelling or other nonstandard presentation.|Wikipedia|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic}}
If we have a sentence containing:
'''''Sic''''', in other words, indicates that the word is a direct retranscription and not the result of a spelling mistake.


"...so we can then use setDammage to..."


We can add this template like so:
{{Feature|important|Not to be confused with '''{{Link|https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sigh|sigh}}'''.}}


"<tt>...so we can then use setDammage<nowiki>{{sic}}</nowiki> to...</tt>"
|param1= incorrect
|descr1= (Optional) wrongfully spelt term


which will produce:
|param2= correct
|descr2= (Optional) correct spelling


"...so we can then use setDammage{{sic}} to..."
|example1= {{hl|"...so we can then use setDammage<nowiki>{{sic}}</nowiki> to..."}}
|result1= {{hl|"...so we can then use setDammage{{sic}} to..."}}


Alternatively we may highlight the ''sic'' statement thus:
|example2= {{hl|"...so we can then use <nowiki>{{sic|setDammage}}</nowiki> to..."}}
 
|result2= {{hl|"...so we can then use {{sic|setDammage}} to..."}}
"<tt>...so we can then use <nowiki>{{sic|setDammage}}</nowiki> to...</tt>"
 
which will produce:
 
"...so we can then use {{sic|setDammage}} to..."
 
[[Category:Templates|{{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}}]]


|example3= {{hl|"this is a <nowiki>{{sic|nular|nullar}}</nowiki> operator"}}
|result3= {{hl|"this is a {{sic|nular|nullar}} operator"}}
}}
</noinclude>
</noinclude>

Latest revision as of 13:14, 25 July 2022

Template {{sic}} placed immediately after a circumstantially correct but unusual spelling or grammatically iffy statement, will add a small but superior note at that point in the text that links to this page.


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« The Latin adverb sic ("thus"; in full: sic erat scriptum, "thus was it written") added immediately after a quoted word or phrase (or a longer piece of text), indicates that the quotation has been transcribed exactly as found in the original source, complete with any erroneous or archaic spelling or other nonstandard presentation. » – Wikipedia (source)

Sic, in other words, indicates that the word is a direct retranscription and not the result of a spelling mistake.


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Not to be confused with sigh.

This template is used on these pages.

Usage

{{sic|incorrect|correct}}

  • incorrect: (Optional) wrongfully spelt term
  • correct: (Optional) correct spelling
Examples
Code Result
"...so we can then use setDammage{{sic}} to..." "...so we can then use setDammagesic to..."
"...so we can then use {{sic|setDammage}} to..." "...so we can then use setDammagesic to..."
"this is a {{sic|nular|nullar}} operator" "this is a nularsic operator"
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