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Posted by Bob on 11/30/05 10:27
On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 13:25:19 -0800, "Bill's News"
<BillsNews@pcmagic.net> wrote:
>sic means "intentionally written as shown (incorrectly)."
sic does not mean incorrectly. I use it to mean:
sic: "intentionally written as shown correctly."
>This usage
>would not only show your knowledge of grammar but your subtlety with
>it ;-0)
Your incorrect explanation not only show your knowledge of grammar but
your subtlety with it.
>But who really cares, eh? Did anyone here NOT understand that the
>poster meant "they're" ???
If that's what he meant, then he can type it that way.
--
"One must realize that the world is a network of real and virtual
combat zones where the stakes are high, struggle is the primary
mode of being and only total victory is acceptable.
-- Sun Tzu, "The Art Of War"
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