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Some people think that refer back involves redundancy, because one of the implicit meanings of re- is "back." But a person may refer a problem or request, for example, on to a new authority for a decision, or refer it back to the original decision-maker for reconsideration. If refer directs people to something already mentioned, for example, a text quoted, it would be better to say In referring [not referring back] to page 321 of the book, I would like to add the following information.
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