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Technology Stocks : Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN)
AMZN 238.42-0.3%Jan 26 3:59 PM EST
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To: KeepItSimple who wrote (83375)11/7/1999 11:28:00 PM
From: Jerry A. Laska  Read Replies (1) of 164684
 
KIS,
OT(My apologies to David for cluttering up his AMZN thread),
"Sic" is Latin for "thus" and is inserted into quotations "[sic], to call attention to the fact that some
remarkable or inaccurate expression, misspelling, or the like, is literally reproduced."

For example, one could use "[sic]" in this manner:

"To all you chatters:
why not you guys find another thread to chat all these
unrelated BS? I am here trying to find info of amzn.
if i happen to drop in wrong place to disturb you
'smart monkeys'dream, just let me know. or maybe
i forget that ya all are a group of no-boy/girl-friend lone intelligent aliens and i am a dumb who unfortunately has to listen to my kids' cry.
Go figure 100 or more posts back.[sic]"

or in this manner:

"To all you chatters:
why not[sic] you guys find another thread to chat all these[sic] unrelated BS? I am here trying to find info of[sic] amzn. if i happen[sic] to drop in[sic] wrong place to[sic] disturb you 'smart monkeys'[sic] dream, just let me know. or maybe i forget[sic] that ya[sic] all are a group of no-boy/girl-friend[sic] lone[sic] intelligent aliens and i am a dumb[sic] who unfortunately has to listen to my kids' cry.[sic]
Go figure[sic] 100 or more posts back.[sic]"

Whereas, "stet" is a proofreading or copy editing tool not meant to appear in a finished product.

Jerry

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