I stand corrected. I've used (sic) for years and no-one has complained. Perhaps they didn't know either.
I just don't want someone replying to a post because my editorial example isn't technically correct, prime-wise. In this case, 3001 is prime but I don't want to insure that all the other numbers are prime just for a dissertation. It was for relative difference and an example only. Thanks Mark Johnson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Schasny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 12:32 PM Subject: Re: [U2] VOCLIB and keeping VOC entries Short and Small, IM & RM > Much as I hate to make editorial comments on a very nice writeup, I'd > hate for you to go on misusing [sic]. > > From the wikipedia (and correct as far as I have always known): > > /*Sic*/ is a Latin </wiki/Latin_language> word meaning "thus", "so", or > "just as that". In writing, it is italicized and placed within square > brackets </wiki/Bracket> [/sic/] to indicate that an incorrect or > unusual spelling, phrase, or other preceding quoted material is a > verbatim <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/verbatim> reproduction of the > quoted original and is not a transcription error. > > This may be used either to show that an uncommon or archaic usage is > reported faithfully (for instance, quoting the U.S. Constitution > </wiki/U.S._Constitution>, "The House of Representatives > </wiki/House_of_Representatives> shall chuse [/sic/] their Speaker...") > or to highlight an error, often for the purpose of ridicule or irony > (for instance, "Dan Quayle </wiki/Dan_Quayle> famously changed a > student's spelling to 'potatoe </wiki/Potatoe>' [/sic/]"), or otherwise, > to quote accurately whilst maintaining the reputation of the person or > organisation quoting its source. > > In folk etymology </wiki/Folk_etymology>, "sic" is sometimes erroneously > thought to be an abbreviation of "spelling is correct", "same in copy > </wiki/Copy_%28written%29>", "spelled incorrectly", "spelling > incompetent", "said in context", "stupid in context", "stand incorrect", > or "spelling intentionally changed", to cite but a few backronyms > </wiki/Backronym>. > > > > Mark Johnson wrote: > > But if the file was created with a mod of 1001 (sic) and it should have been > > 1401 (sic), how measurably different is the delay with the 40% undersized > > file of 1001? (PS for those who don't know, (sic) means example. Don't reply > > with lessons on prime numbers. It's just an example). > > > [large amounts of stuff trimmed] > > -- > ========================== > Jeff Schasny > jschasnyATricochetDOTcom > ========================== > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
