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Little_star Posted 21 years ago
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As per request, based on the request

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001. It was highlighted that all defective milk have been excluded in the order, on the request of the client. 02br
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002. It was highlighted that as per client's request,all defective milk have been excluded in the order 02br
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00Which one sounds better? 0-
  

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0 Hi, 02br 00No. 1 sounds much, much better to me. 02br 00The use of 'per client's request' in No.

— Clive

  • 0 Hi, 02br 00No.
  • 1 sounds much, much better to me.
  • 02br 00The use of 'per client's request' in No.
  • 2 is typical of poor business writing by someone who thinks this kind of jargon makes the sentence seem more 'important and educated' and yet who has no feel for style or clarity of language.
  • 02br 00Wow, did I really write such a strongly worded opinion?
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0 Hi, 02br
00No. 1 sounds much, much better to me. 02br
00The use of 'per client's request' in No. 2 is typical of poor business writing by someone who thinks this kind of jargon makes the sentence seem more 'important and educated' and yet who has no feel for style or clarity of language. 02br
00Wow, did I really write such a strongly worded opinion? 02b
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0 1. It was highlighted that all defective milk has [have] been excluded in the order, [on] AT/UPON the request of the client. 02br
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002. It was highlighted, as per the client's request, that all defective milk has been excluded in the order. 02br
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00M-W online: 02br
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0 Hello *** 02br
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00'At the client's request' is also very common. 'As per' sounds a little old-fashioned these days. 02br
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0 I disagree that it is old fashioned. 02br
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00Googled: 02br
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005,540,000 English pages for "as per". 02br
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00People use it because it is one collocation that is available to ENLs to use in certain circumstances. 0-
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0 I believe "as per ~" can be used when the expression is idiomatic. "As per the client's request" might be idiomatic in AmE. However, likely it is out of fashion in BrE. Google gives zero hit for "as per the client's request" when the domain is restricted into UK. 02br
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0 We get a slightly different story when we use only "as per", again strictly for UK pages: 02br
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00Googled: Results 1 - 10 of about 823,000 for "as per". 02br
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00For the full phrase, I got, 02br
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00Results 1 - 3 of about 7 for "as per the client's request". 0-
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0 Hi guys, 02br
00The original question was 'Which one sounds better?'. 02br
00Do you think that a simple counting of google hits will adequately answer this question? 02br
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00Best wishes, 02br
00Clive 0-
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0 To my mind, 'as per' belongs with 'pursuant to', 'at your earliest convenience', and the 13th 01i00inst.02i02br
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00I suppose you could use it if you wanted to deter prospective clients. 02br
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0 I still see "per your request" from some American native speakers. 02br
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00Now I'm confused. 02br
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00The little phrase seems handy and concise to me. ("on the request of the client" is so long.) 02br
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00Is it really becoming archaic? 02br
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00Edited: I've just located a powerpoint presentation fo
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0 'Defective milk' sounds a little odd to me too. Can milk be defective? 02br
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