Re: Use of word "reference" when cross referencing

[Lin Sims <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Holy cow, have I ever. Either my google-fu is worse than I thought, or my
coworker is LITERALLY the only person on the planet who uses it this way.

Which, come to think of it, would not surprise me in the least. :D

On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 5:36 PM, Lin Laurie <linlaurie1 -at- hotmail -dot- com> wrote:

> I'm with you. I've never seen reference used like you're talking about
> using it here. Have you tried to google it?
>
> Lin Laurie
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> Has anyone seen any manual that uses the word "reference" when referring
> to material that is in another location? As in, "Reference section <section
> name> for more information."
>
> I was taught to use "See section <section name> for more information."
> when the information is in the same document, and to use "Refer to <document
> name>" when the information is external to the document.
>
> Every time I see "Reference <section name>", I come to a screeching halt.
> My co-worker insists this is proper usage, but I just can't get my mind
> around it.
>
> References (heh) to correct usage would be appreciated. I've been looking
> but so far I can't find ANYTHING that addresses this.
>
> We really need a style guide.
>
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