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To: KeepItSimple who wrote (83375)	11/7/1999 11:15:00 AM
From: Robert Rose	Respond to of 164684

Try consulting Webster's, kis. Think of it as an intelligent spellchecker.

To: KeepItSimple who wrote (83375)	11/7/1999 11:28:00 PM
From: Jerry A. Laska	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to 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