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When is it appropriate to use [sic] in a quotation?

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The "sic" expresses that the quotation is exact and true and that any seeming mistakes were there in the original source.

For example, when I say that Sally "wanted a elefant[sic]" I point to the fact that she misspelled it, not I.
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