| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| is a locution frequently criticized for redundancy, but there can be a difference between refer and refer back: He referred to my opening chapter and He referred back to my opening chapter are not quite the same, since the second suggests that he might have been over this ground before, that this may not be the first reference to the chapter. | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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