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"As per" is evil and should die
07/26/06
"As per" is evil and should die
I was reminded again today about how much I dislike the phrase "as per". It is complete useless and unnecessary! I find that every usage could be expressed using either "as" or "per" or by leaving out the two words altogether.
I have tried to find some references on the web, as to the correctness of this idiom, but I have not had much luck. Please leave a comment if you know of a definitive source for the evilness of this phrase.
It's Evil:
Garbl's Style Manual (Who is Garbl? I have no idea)
HR Soapbox
Noncommital:
Dr Grammer
It's good:
52,000,000 web pages can't be wrong?
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