New Posts For Thread: When reading a news site and you see square brackets on a quotehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23441018/when-reading-a-news-site-and-you-see-square-brackets-on-a-quotewhat does that mean?ie.."[al-Qaeda has] an interest in manipulating it to look like current tapes," he says. "You can digitally manipulate voice to say anything. You can change months, years, you can tape vowels and syllables and put it into a recordgotta be a bit of an ar.sehole to use "sic" in a sentence imohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23441018/when-reading-a-news-site-and-you-see-square-brackets-on-a-quote?post_id=418497774#418497774gotta be a bit of an ar.sehole to use "sic" in a sentence imoSat, 09 Jan 2010 11:28:02 -0600Sic is a Latin word meaning "thus", "so", "as such", or "in such a manner". In writing, it is placed within the quoted material, in square brackets or outside it, in regular parentheses and usually italicized [sic] to indicate that an incorrect ohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23441018/when-reading-a-news-site-and-you-see-square-brackets-on-a-quote?post_id=418497770#418497770Sic is a Latin word meaning "thus", "so", "as such", or "in such a manner". In writing, it is placed within the quoted material, in square brackets or outside it, in regular parentheses and usually italicized [sic] to indicate that an incorrect oSat, 09 Jan 2010 11:26:48 -0600What does it mean when it says 'sic' in a statement? Hope im not being totally thick.....https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23441018/when-reading-a-news-site-and-you-see-square-brackets-on-a-quote?post_id=418497746#418497746What does it mean when it says 'sic' in a statement? Hope im not being totally thick.....Sat, 09 Jan 2010 10:22:07 -0600You must be [facking] joking?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23441018/when-reading-a-news-site-and-you-see-square-brackets-on-a-quote?post_id=418497722#418497722You must be [facking] joking?Sat, 09 Jan 2010 09:54:51 -0600It means the words weren't actually spoken they might have been spoken by the interviewer and the person was just respondong.eg:intervewer: What do you think of Man United's chances in the premiership?interviewee: They have a very good chance of wihttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23441018/when-reading-a-news-site-and-you-see-square-brackets-on-a-quote?post_id=418497718#418497718It means the words weren't actually spoken they might have been spoken by the interviewer and the person was just respondong.eg:intervewer: What do you think of Man United's chances in the premiership?interviewee: They have a very good chance of wiSat, 09 Jan 2010 09:51:06 -0600ok thanksso i guess in my example, it's an extract of a longer sentencehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23441018/when-reading-a-news-site-and-you-see-square-brackets-on-a-quote?post_id=418497714#418497714ok thanksso i guess in my example, it's an extract of a longer sentenceSat, 09 Jan 2010 09:49:25 -0600The speech being quoted did not include the specific words bracketed but that is what was being referred to. Usually the ommitted words were referred to earlier in the source quote/interview but not in that section directly quoted.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23441018/when-reading-a-news-site-and-you-see-square-brackets-on-a-quote?post_id=418497710#418497710The speech being quoted did not include the specific words bracketed but that is what was being referred to. Usually the ommitted words were referred to earlier in the source quote/interview but not in that section directly quoted.Sat, 09 Jan 2010 09:49:07 -0600will win one* - fvcked that up :)https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23441018/when-reading-a-news-site-and-you-see-square-brackets-on-a-quote?post_id=418497706#418497706will win one* - fvcked that up :)Sat, 09 Jan 2010 09:49:01 -0600it means it wasn't in the original quote and has been added andy. 'i don't thnk andy murray will one one [a grand slam] this year' for example.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23441018/when-reading-a-news-site-and-you-see-square-brackets-on-a-quote?post_id=418497702#418497702it means it wasn't in the original quote and has been added andy. 'i don't thnk andy murray will one one [a grand slam] this year' for example.Sat, 09 Jan 2010 09:48:35 -0600someone quoted something, they didn't say [whatever is in here] , but the paper has filled it in just so you know what they're on abouthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23441018/when-reading-a-news-site-and-you-see-square-brackets-on-a-quote?post_id=418497698#418497698someone quoted something, they didn't say [whatever is in here] , but the paper has filled it in just so you know what they're on aboutSat, 09 Jan 2010 09:48:21 -0600