a statement read out by his son and deputy M K Stalin, Karunanidhi denied media reports that the DMK

was inclined towards the BJP. "As a party leader such misleading reports hurt me badly," Karunanidhi said and appealed to the media not to distort his views. Addressing party cadres at the meeting, Karunanidhi had praised Atal Bihari Vajpayee but said the BJP was not the same organization anymoreIt may also be used as a form of ridicule or as a humorous comment, drawing attention to the original writer's spelling mistakes or emphasizing his or her erroneous logic.[2] Sic is generally placed inside square brackets "[ ]", and traditionally in italics, as is customary when printing a foreign word. It is sometimes placed in parentheses "( )" instead, though this is less than optimal, as brackets are meant to signify that something was added to a quote.

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