So, is this correct:
"Wot [sic] I say? Dat [sic] Buck for sure [sic] learn queek [sic] as anyt’ing [sic]."
Annd, should I use [sic] after 'for sure'?
Thanks
Answers:
You should use [sic] only when you're pointing out that the original author made an unintentional error. The passage you've quoted (from Jack London's "The Call of the Wild" if I'm not mistaken, one of my favorites) is intentionally written so as to render the French-Canadian dialect phonetically. It's not an error on London's part. You should definitely not use [sic] when quoting this.
If the author had made unintentional errors, then you should put [sic] after each specific error, up to a point. If you end up with more than two or three [sic]s in a sentence, you might want to write a footnote instead that points out any problems.
Above all, don't use [sic] to show off. It's best reserved for obvious small errors in spelling or syntax that are clearly unintentional. When you start using it for words that are questionable as to whether or not they're really errors or whether or not they're really intentional, then you're arguing with the author rather than quoting.
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