"Kevin Gowen" <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote in message news:<bbibp5$9q4a9$2@ID-105084.news.dfncis.de>...
> John W. wrote:
> > "Kevin Gowen" <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:<bbgo8c$94i6k$1@ID-105084.news.dfncis.de>...
> >>
> >> The topic was not raising [sic] a child. The topic was teaching
> >> one's child
> >> about investment and insurance.
> >>
> > Out of all the things you routinely say that make no sense, I'm just
> > curious why you have a [sic].
> 
> What an awkwardly constructed sentence you have there, but I digress. I was
> indicating that a quoted passage, one containing an error, had been retained
> in its original form.
> 
> > What error were you [sic]-ing?
> 
> So you know the purpose of "sic" after all.

But I'm wondering if you do. Enlighten me what you believe the error
is with 'raising' a child. It's grammatically correct and is spelled
properly.

John W.