Per se is handy when you need to single out a particular element of a bigger thing. So you might say, "The song, per se, wasn't a bad choice; it was your singing voice that was atrocious." In Latin it means "by itself." When you want to sound a little smart, inject a per s...
and played in Chicago in our first game. Got a base hit to drive in two runs and I was really happy. We got back to L.A., and they called me in to the office and said, “We’ve got to send you to Spokane.” So there I went, back ...