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?