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The phrase "reference himself" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to indicate that someone is referring to themselves. For example, "John always likes to reference himself whenever possible" or "He often references himself in conversation."
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(In his first question to Ms. Stewart, he not-so-subtly manages to reference himself in asking a question that was only marginally better than what a sixth grader might come up with. "You are – as I tend to be – in the weeds. Is that part of your strategy or did it just happen?" he asked).
Moritz doesn't reference himself in the column, but he's no slouch.
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Mr. Cardona references himself when the stage, much later, is full of black-clad performers, as evenly spaced as the 300 posts were in his previous dance at the Brooklyn Academy, "Everywhere".
In other words, Wolff depends entirely on working journalists -- and particularly those at the Times -- for evidence, unless he's referencing himself or a blank page.
He did not take responsibility for the practices noted in the Justice Department report, and referenced himself as a city council member rather than as mayor.
One front page screamed: "Now The Class War Begins!" – referring not to Cameron's policies, but Gordon Brown's mild reference to himself as "middle class".
While he has indeed called himself an addict, he said that the description was intended as a humorous reference likening himself to fans of his podcast who call themselves addicts, and that he is not really an addict.
His frame of reference is himself.
Odd that Bertolucci adds that self-pitying reference to himself.
In what appeared to be a reference to himself, he predicted that others would be declared "enemies of the state".
MacFarlane's defence against the charge was that Demetrio had used the word "nigger" first, in reference to himself.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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