However, as many of us have no doubt observed, this “as per” usage has been more and more frequent lately in administratese. My brother-in-law the linguist would argue that if it’s used frequently, it’s inherently acceptable.

I tend to frown on recently-invented usages myself, since they betray ignorance about the meaning of the turn of phrase

(other examples are “irregardless,” “flammable/inflammable,” and “I could care less” (when the speaker means he or she couldn’t).

EDIT-I rearranged the sentence, because You do not start a sentence, with words like, “as, However, anyway, Etc..

per /pɜr; unstressed pər/ Pronunciation Key – Show Spelled Pronunciation[pur; unstressed per] Pronunciation Key – Show IPA Pronunciation

–preposition 1. for each; for every: Membership costs ten dollars per year. This cloth is two dollars per yard.

2. by means of; by; through: I am sending the recipe per messenger.

3. according to; in accordance with: I delivered the box per your instructions.

–adverb 4. Informal. each; for each one: The charge for window-washing was five dollars per.

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