{"id":8902,"date":"2024-06-27T22:50:43","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T22:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/?p=8902"},"modified":"2024-08-27T05:22:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T05:22:20","slug":"is-it-per-say-or-per-se","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/is-it-per-say-or-per-se","title":{"rendered":"Is it \u201cper say\u201d or \u2018per se\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main-content\" data-grid=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph-3\">Is it \u201cper se\u201d or \u201cper say\u201d? This phrase is commonly misspelled, and the confusion on the correct spelling arises from how it is pronounced. 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