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Subject:Re: Need your Help From:Darren Barefoot <dbarefoot -at- MPS-CANADA -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 5 Jan 1999 10:39:53 -0800
Personally, I don't have any problem with it, but then I'm a big advocate of
Latin usage generally. See the following for two opinions:
From Microsoft Bookshelf 95:
"In its more general use to mean "according to" (as in per the terms of the
contract), it is best reserved for business and legal communications, unless
the writer seeks a tone of jocular formality."
From the Microsoft Manual of Style (1995)
"Do not use per to mean by or in accordance with.
Correct:
Find all the topics that contain a specific word by following the
instructions on your screen.
Identify your computer by using the procedure in the next section.
Incorrect:
Find all the topics that contain a specific word, per the instructions on
your screen.
Identify your computer per the procedure in the next section."
