Could someone explain this odd punctuation in news articles?
by on Saturday, April 3rd, 2010 | 5 Comments
“It’s all good, man,” Turkoglu said. “I’ve been dealing with this [stuff] the whole year. They’ve been on me on this [going out] the whole year long. If I wasn’t out, sick or healthy, they [the fans] would still say something. I don’t say anything. Ten games left of the season, all I try {to do is] finish strong.”
and what does (sic) mean?
When something is included in brackets [...] inside of a quotation, the words inside the brackets have been inserted by the author of the written work to try to help the reader understand the context of the quote better.
(sic.), properly written in italics, means that the author of a written piece that includes a quotation is acknowledging that there is an error in the quotation.
Both of these things happen because the author cannot change anything inside a direct quote, but they want to make it easier for the reader to understand or they want to tell the reader that they know there’s an error but want to use the quote anyway.
[sic] is used when quoted material is in error or is grammatically incorrect to indicate the error was not made in the transcription.
it’s a personal conversation and the writer is filling in the topics that are being discussed. the listener knows exactly what he’s saying but without the added Information “me/you” would be lost, the writer made it clearer for the reader…try reading it without adding the added info!
The square brackets “[ ]” contain words that have been added to the quote, either in addition to or replacing in order to make things easier to understand. They’re like the Editors Notes (ED: Word) that you may see on scanlated manga online.
Sic is a latin word that basically means, “Like that.” It is used to acknowledge an error in a quote while still preserving the original words verbatim. Some people like to complain to media sources and get editors fired for being stupid, so this is their saving throw, or their Acception and Exception, if you will. Acception isn’t a word.
(sic) means—> this is what the person actually said verbatim (and it probably contains an error). It’s an abbreviation of a Latin term (1887, insertion in printed quotation to call attention to error in the original, from L. sic “so, thus,” related to si “if,” from PIE base *so- “this, that” (cf. O.E. sio “she”).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper)
This is what Turkoglu said to the reporter:
“It’s all good, man,” Turkoglu said. “I’ve been dealing with this the whole year. They’ve been on me on this the whole year long. If I wasn’t out, sick or healthy, they would still say something. I don’t say anything. Ten games left of the season, all I try IS?? finish strong.”
So, if they didn’t add the other words, which were not said but are there to explain the meaning — you, as a reader, wouldn’t know what THIS was and how it differs from the next THIS or who THEY were. I’m guessing the other original word was IS, but in this case the journalist has added some words and deleted one or some just so Turkogly “talks english right proper”.
Lots of people SAY things the way they would never WRITE them.
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