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OT but early on there's a quote from the homework:

    "its [sic] significance"

Why is the sic in there? Is that not the correct use of 'its' in this context?

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I spent a minute looking at that too. I think the author inserted the [sic] because:

    "quotes [...] with 1–2 sentence analyses of its [sic] significance"

If the "its" is referring to the quotes, it should be "their significance".

Ah, of course. Thanks both.

The start of that sentence mentions finding three quotes, so it should be their significance.

Your interpretation explain the use of "[sic]".

But personally I think the "its" refers to the section and not the quotes, making the "[sic]" unnecessary. But I don't have access to the original text.

Actually, reading it again you could well be right. It would make sense for it to be referring to the section.

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