Lemmy is Just Reddit 2.0@lemmy.world to Unpopular Opinion@lemmy.world · 11 months agoPeople that use "per se" are annoying and their opinions should be disregarded entirely.message-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down129
arrow-up1-17arrow-down1message-squarePeople that use "per se" are annoying and their opinions should be disregarded entirely.Lemmy is Just Reddit 2.0@lemmy.world to Unpopular Opinion@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareImplyingImplications@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·11 months 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-down6·11 months 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.