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Subject:
Use of 'sic'
From:
Auke Hielkema <[log in to unmask]>
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Auke Hielkema <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sat, 7 May 2016 20:35:29 +0000
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 Hi All,
If I'm citing from a publication in which a nominal subgenus or nominal subspecies is spelled wrong, how do you suggest I proceed with the term "[sic]"? Only after the first error, only after the last error, or after each error?
a) Oxystermom [sic] (Oxystermom) festixum  [sic] festixum
b) Oxystermom (Oxystermom) [sic] festixum festixum [sic]
c) Oxystermom [sic] (Oxystermom) [sic] festixum [sic] festixum [sic]
I have not encountered names in which both genus and species were spelled wrong, the above is just an example I made up. Option c) appears the best to me, but it looks kind of funny when both name and "[sic]" are repeated.
Thanks you in advance,
Auke

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