___________________________, I’m attaching my tax records for the years 1987-2012. a. Per your request b. As per your request c. As you requested

Answer: c.

Explanation:
Per can mean according to or in accordance with — so it’s not wrong, exactly. People often use it to make their writing more formal, but it sounds fusty. Writing guides usually condemn it as jargon. As per is worse — it’s not only fusty but also redundant, which makes it silly. Silly and overly formal make for a bad combination, made all the sillier because it’s apparent that the writer is trying to sound very businesslike and official.

The Oxford dictionary of American usage and style (ed. Bryan A. Garner) lists examples:

“When used to mean ‘according to’ (per your request, per your order), the expression [per] is business jargon at its worst and should be avoided.” (Charles T. Brusaw et al., The Business Writer’s Handbook, 1987)

“As per: This hybrid is inexcusable. Instead of ‘as per your request,’ say ‘in accordance with your request’ or ‘in compliance with your request.’ (Maurice H. Weseen, Crowell’s dictionary of English Grammar, 1928)

As you requested is straightforward and, really, as formal as you ever need to be.

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What did she mean?

Answer: She meant “send it to the client.” Which is what she should have said instead.

Explanation:

The concensus seems to be that “throw it over the wall” means to transfer something from one individual or group to another, with the implication that the first person or group has finished with it. I think the metaphorical reference must be to the act of lobbing things over the wall of a fortress, as seen in historical movies. In all the examples that I saw, things were thrown in an effort to drive off attackers, so it was things like boiling oil, or rocks, or flaming objects. However, the metaphor doesn’t seem to extend quite that far.

In its entry for “throw it over the wall,” Word Spy cites the earliest use :

“We need less of the grunt-and-grind applications systems which we’ve gotten so good at building,” he said. However, “putting tools out there isn’t enough,” he added. “You can’t just throw it over the wall and expect them to use it.”
—Bruce Hoard, “IBMer Calls Demand Processing Wave of Future,” Computerworld, January 19, 1981

On Forbes.com, authors Max Mallet, Brett Nelson and Chris Steiner include “over the wall” in The Most Annoying, Pretentious and Useless Business Jargon. The article recounts the story of a PR account executive whose boss asked her to throw a document over the wall. She eventually had to ask him what he meant. The article’s authors’ recommendation: “If you’re not wielding a grappling hook, avoid this meaningless expression.”

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