Prepositions
Q.My question regards the use of “as per.” Example: “As per your request, I enclose a check.” This use has always sounded redundant to me, and pretentious. Isn’t it more correct to say, “As you requested” or “Per your request”?
A.I feel the way you do about “as per,” and conservative dictionaries don’t include it, but Webster’s 11th Collegiate sanctions its use in such constructions without reservation.
