Betty White In HD@lemmy.world to Unpopular Opinion@lemmy.world · 1 year agoPeople that use "per se" are annoying and their opinions should be disregarded entirely.message-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down128
arrow-up1-16arrow-down1message-squarePeople that use "per se" are annoying and their opinions should be disregarded entirely.Betty White In HD@lemmy.world to Unpopular Opinion@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareImplyingImplications@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoDefinitely misued often. It’s Latin for “on its own” so, if you swap out “per se” with “on its own” and the sentence doesn’t make sense, you’ve misused it.
minus-squaresbv@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down6·1 year agoIts use in English may have evolved past the direct translation.
Definitely misued often. It’s Latin for “on its own” so, if you swap out “per se” with “on its own” and the sentence doesn’t make sense, you’ve misused it.
Its use in English may have evolved past the direct translation.