<sic>

Validation Information:

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Contained by:,<add>|<choice>|<date>|<del>|<head>|<hi>|<l>|<lg>|<metamark>|<note>|<num>|<p>|<restore>|<seg>|<sic>|<speaker>|<stage>|<stamp>|<unclear>

May contain:,<add>|<anchor/>|<choice>|<date>|<del>|<delSpan/>|<floatingText>|<hi>|<lb/>|<lg>|<metamark>|<note>|<num>|<pb/>|<restore>|<seg>|<sic>|<stage>|<stamp>|<unclear>
Attributes:,none
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What is it?

The <sic> element is used to identify spelling errors in the documents. It is the first direct child of the choice element, which groups the encoding for the error (in the <sic> element) together with that of the edited correction (in the <corr> element).


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choice

But what <choice><sic>where</sic><corr>were</corr></choice> my...

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NB: for more information on the <choice> element: see <choice>; for more information on the <corr> element: see <corr>.

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