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Joliver1210 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Per

People in our office frequently use the connotation "as per so and so this needs to be done" should it not read 'per so and so' not 'as per'?
  

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Hi Joliver1210 and welcome to EnglishForward, As far as I know " as per so " means " according to thus ", and " per so " " by thus ". At least an opinion. Hope this helps.

  • Hi Joliver1210 and welcome to EnglishForward, As far as I know " as per so " means " according to thus ", and " per so " " by thus ".
  • At least an opinion.
  • Hope this helps.
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Hi Joliver1210 and welcome to EnglishForward,

As far as I know

"as per so" means "according to thus", and

"per so" "by thus".

At least an opinion. Hope this helps.
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Hello JOliver

”Per X" is originally a Latin expression. In English it is used in the sense of "for each X", "by means of X", and "according to X". Except for the use of the sense "according to X", the insertion of "as" will be a wrong expression.



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Thank you very much Paco.

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