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title: "Some minor writing things I just learned"
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description: "TIL what [sic] and [emphasis mine] mean"
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date: "2025-01-05"
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draft: false
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tags: []
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---
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## What emphasis mine means
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Today I learned that emphasis mine refers to when a quote has emphasis added to it by the person quoting via italics or boldening. It's short for "the emphasis is mine"
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Example:
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To provide an example I shall quote this post.
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"Today I learned that **emphasis mine** refers to when a quote has emphasis added to it by the person quoting" \[emphasis mine\]
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## What sic means
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Asside from attack sic is also used in quotes to denote that an error was retained as is.
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Example:
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I will not quote this post in this example because doing the same thing twice without variation seems iffy.
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"I will not quote this post in this example \[sic\] because doing the same thing twice without variation seems iffy"
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After posting and sharing with a friend they got confused so quick clarification. The error is the statement that I won't quote this post. The reason that's an error is that that quote is a quote from this post.
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### Above may be wrong/incomplete
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Upon having this proofread by a different friend (before friend mentioned in clarification) they pointed out that my understanding of \[sic\] is incomplete. Linking me to a [merriam webster post](https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/sic-meaning-usage-editorial-citation) which says.
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> [*Sic*](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sic) usually appears in parentheses or brackets, sometimes with the letters in italics. In this context it means “intentionally so written.” On its own, *sic* means “so” or “thus” and can be found in phrases such as *sic transit gloria mundi* ("so passes away the glory of the world") and *sic semper tyrannis* ("thus ever to tyrants," the motto of the state of Virginia).
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> What is denoted by *sic* is that the word or phrase that precedes it occurs in the original passage being quoted or name being used and was not introduced by the writer doing the quoting.
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If this correction is wrong the fault is on me for failing to do further research and double check before posting this.
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## That's it
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That's the whole post I just wanted to share that because I've been confused when I saw those until now. This isn't either of the 2 posts I had in mind when I mentioned that in the blog revamp.
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