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XD is one of those text smilies. It represents a ig cheesey grin and screwed-up eyes thus resulting.
Sic is latin, I think it means 'mistake' or 'spelling'. It's common to include it in brackets after a word about which you aren't sure of the spelling.
Sic is latin, I think it means 'mistake' or 'spelling'. It's common to include it in brackets after a word about which you aren't sure of the spelling.
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i learned this not too long ago: 'sic' is latin for 'thus' or 'like so.'Yog-Sothoth wrote:what does sic and XD mean?
it's used to indicate that a text quotation is being represented as it was originally, for example when someone's quote contains a misspelling.
the state motto of virginia is 'sic semper tyrannis,' meaning 'thus always to tyrants' (a revolutionary reference).
no, i don't speak latin, and can't be expected to have many answers. it's just a coincidence that i picked up this fact somewhere.
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Re: [sic]
And it should appear either after a single misspelling or at the end of a passage with multiple errors, not numerous times within the same passage.JJ Burke wrote:it's used to indicate that a text quotation is being represented as it was originally, for example when someone's quote contains a misspelling.
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