sic – Template

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

Usage

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.

See also Pages using {{sic}} template

Examples

wiki code	result
`"…so we can then use setDammage{{sic}} to…"`	`"…so we can then use setDammage^sic to…"`
`"…so we can then use {{sic\|setDammage}} to…"`	`"…so we can then use setDammage^sic to…"`

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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 style="border-bottom: 0.0625em dotted orange;" title="this is the intended writing and not a spelling mistake">{{{1}}}|}}{{#if:{{{1|}}}|</span>|}}<sup style="font-size:75%;" title="this is the intended writing and not a spelling mistake">[[Template:sic|sic]]</sup></includeonly><noinclude>
-<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]
+{{note|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. – [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.
+'''''Sic''''', in other words, indicates that the word is a direct retranscription and not the result of a spelling mistake.
-==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==
+== Usage ==
-If we have a sentence containing:
-"...so we can then use setDammage to..."
+Template <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 [[Template:sic|this page]].
-We can add this template like so:
+''See also [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:sic|Pages using <nowiki>{{sic}}</nowiki> template]]''
-"<tt>...so we can then use setDammage<nowiki>{{sic}}</nowiki> to...</tt>"
-which will produce:
+== Examples ==
-"...so we can then use setDammage{{sic}} to..."
+{|class="wikitable"
+!wiki code
-Alternatively we may highlight the ''sic'' statement thus:
+!result
+|-
-"<tt>...so we can then use <nowiki>{{sic|setDammage}}</nowiki> to...</tt>"
+| <tt>"…so we can then use setDammage<nowiki>{{sic}}</nowiki> to…"</tt>
+| <tt>"…so we can then use setDammage{{sic}} to…"</tt>
-which will produce:
+|-
+| <tt>"…so we can then use <nowiki>{{sic|setDammage}}</nowiki> to…"</tt>
-"...so we can then use {{sic|setDammage}} to..."
+| <tt>"…so we can then use {{sic|setDammage}} to…"</tt>
+|}
 [[Category:Templates|{{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}}]]
 </noinclude>