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Demit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 03:12 PM
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11. well, "sic" just means "as written", or "intentionally as written". It's
not used only when a word is incorrect. The Guardian is writing for a British audience, using "sic" to point out that they are reproducing the word the way it appeared. Probably unnecessarily, but maybe that's a rule in their style book.

Also, British lawyers have different functions from ours (eg, solicitors are lawyers who don't plead cases in court) and maybe "counsellor" isn't used in Britain as a synonym for lawyer at all.

I agree, no biggie. Thanks for replying, and peace back :)
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