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== As per ==
I feel sure that the 'as' in this phrase is redundant. {{unsigned|194.176.105.142|2012-08-13 15:40:56}}
*Very likely. However, that's what people actually say. [[User:SemperBlotto|SemperBlotto]] ([[User talk:SemperBlotto|talk]]) 15:48, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
**Like [[of a]] after an adjective instead of simply [[a]], you mean? You could have told 194.176.105.142 that it wasn't ''that big of a deal'', for example. Or you could have explained that once something reaches ''that great of a use'' descriptivist lexicographers regard exclusion as ''too wrong of an idea''. <small>(Yes, the emphasized phrases are all fairly well attested colloquialisms, however much you might be thinking "Damn it! Really?" right now. ☺)</small> There's an interesting usage note in ISBN 9780195142365, on p. 81, saying that [[as per]] "originat[ed] in commercialese". [[User:Uncle G|Uncle G]] ([[User talk:Uncle G|talk]]) 17:54, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
== [[factitive]] ==
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