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Originally posted by TM875
::sigh:: This is why we still need to teach Latin in schools.
Okay, first, [sic] is the latin word for "thus". You guys are right. Typically, most interpret it to mean [spelling in context], meaning just that - the spelling that was used by the author of the quote.
Glad we have that settled. 
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Just a point of clarification...
[sic] should be interpreted as "thus in the original" or "thus, this way" (and will be in a grammar book, regardless of what "most" think the s.i.c. correlates to
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The main point, however, is that it doesn't always indicate a spelling error. The problem can be grammatical, referring to a female author as "he," or just awkward sentence structure. Otherwise, you'll be searching for the damn word even when all are spelled correctly.
Edited for spelling
