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  2. Sic - Wikipedia

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    The adverb sic, meaning 'intentionally so written', first appeared in English c. 1856. [4] It is derived from the Latin adverb sīc , which means 'so', 'thus', 'in this manner'. [ 5 ] According to the Oxford English Dictionary , the verbal form of sic , meaning 'to mark with a sic' , emerged in 1889, E. Belfort Bax 's work in The Ethics of ...

  3. List of Latin abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    sic: sic "thus" Used when quoting text that contains some form of mistake, to show that the mistake was in the original work and is not a misquotation. Sic is also often used to indicate surprise or incredulity, or maliciously, to draw attention to an author's mistake. stat. statim "immediately" Often used in medical contexts.

  4. Standard Industrial Classification - Wikipedia

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    The first limitation surrounds its definition and mistaken classification of employee groups. For example, administrative assistants in the automotive industry support all levels of the business, yet the SIC defines these employees as part of the "Basic Sector" of manufacturing jobs when they should be reported as "Non-Basic." Secondly, SIC ...

  5. List of Latin phrases (S) - Wikipedia

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    sic infit: so it begins: sic itur ad astra: thus you shall go to the stars: From Virgil, Aeneid book IX, line 641. Possibly the source of the ad astra phrases. Motto of several institutions, including the Royal Canadian Air Force. sic parvis magna: greatness from small beginnings: Motto of Sir Francis Drake: sic passim: Thus here and there

  6. Bracket - Wikipedia

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    In the Z formal specification language, angle brackets define a sequence. In HTML, angle brackets (actually 'greater than' and 'less than' symbols) are used to bracket meta text. For example <b> denotes that the following text should be displayed as bold. Pairs of meta text tags are required – much as brackets themselves are usually in pairs.

  7. In late 2022, the IRS announced that it would be adjusting tax brackets for the 2023 tax year as well as the standard deduction to account for inflation. That means that people who were previously ...

  8. List of proofreader's marks - Wikipedia

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    Meaning Example of Use Dele: Delete: Pilcrow (Unicode U+00B6) ¶ Begin new paragraph: Pilcrow (Unicode U+00B6) ¶ no: Remove paragraph break: Caret [a] (Unicode U+2038, 2041, 2380) ‸ or ⁁ or ⎀ Insert # Insert space: Close up (Unicode U+2050) ⁐ Tie words together, eliminating a space: I was reading the news⁐paper this morning ...

  9. IUPAC nomenclature of inorganic chemistry 2005 - Wikipedia

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    Monatomic cations are named by taking the element name and following it with the charge in brackets e.g Na + sodium(1+) Cr 3+ chromium(3+) Sometimes an abbreviated form of the element name has to be taken, e.g. germide for germanium as germanide refers to GeH − 3.