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> [...] A would be read as “A per se A”, [...] I, similarly, would be “I per se I” [...] O would be “O per se O” That's incorrect, these would have been respectively "per se A", "per se I", and "per se O." The confusion is coming from how the ampersand was listed out in the alphabet: > The alphabet is A, ..., X, Y, Z, and per se and. That doesn't mean "&" was spelled out as "and per se and" separately. The first and is because it's the last item in a list in a sentence. Only the second and is part of the full phrase of per se and. If you use it as a single item in a sentence, it works like this: > The last letter of the alphabet is per se and. The last sentence of the article: > the alphabet once ended with a final “X, Y, Z, and & per se &”. Should be: > the alphabet once ended with a final “X, Y, Z, and per se &”. |