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The above was pulled from a specification project manual.
This is not an error per se, but it made us wonder what is the story behind that request.
Edit Note: A big thanks goes out to Charlotte Maloney, RLA for catching a typo that we made on this page. We originally had “This is not an error per say”. She also offered further clarification: From Latin per se (“by itself”), from per (“by, through”), and se (“itself”) , ... Example: Well, that's not correct per se, but the situation is something like that.