What exactly does [sic] mean in a brief?

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Sicut erat? I keep reading it when there is a quote to be referred to but am I missing something.

Also, sometimes the quotes have the first letter of the actual quote written as:

he said it was ok.

Can someone explain this? Little things like this make me think I am missing something.

 

[Rick Collins]

"Sic" is used when a direct quote contains a spelling or grammatical error from the original. The bracketed capital means it was lower case in the original.

 

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Thanks. I was wondering about this for 4 days already after reading the book “Silencing Political Dissent: How Post-September 11 Anti-Terrorism Measures Threaten Our Civil Liberties”. It is pretty much a legal brief in a way.

I wonder if I can quote all my bosses e-mails with [sic] since they can’t spell or write. I doubt they would even get it.

 

[Lumberg]

Thanks. I was wondering about this for 4 days already after reading the book “Silencing Political Dissent: How Post-September 11 Anti-Terrorism Measures Threaten Our Civil Liberties”. It is pretty much a legal brief in a way.

I wonder if I can quote all my bosses e-mails with [sic] since they can’t spell or write. I doubt they would even get it.

That's a great way to snidely point out others' spelling and grammatical mistakes.

Funny if done to someone who is your equal but your the people reading the document like better than you.

However prolly not a good idea to do to your bosses especially if the document is for wider distribution. They are the ones who determine whether you get a raise, promotion, etc.

Yeah it sucks but once you realize there are only a few people in your organization that you have to please (ie the people who are in direct control of your career) you can get on with your job and not care if others get pissed at you.

 

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raise, promotion, etc.

I’m a contractor with a multimillion dollar lawsuit the day they fire me