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Discover LudwigThe phrase "reference text" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to a text or source that is used to provide information or support for a topic or argument being discussed. Example: "In order to support my argument, I have cited several reference texts from reputable scholars in the field."
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The manual is fun to read but is fairly useless as a reference text.
His advisers include Dr. Walter Unger, a hair-implant pioneer and author of "Hair Transplantation," a standard reference text for transplant surgeons.
If there's a reference text, or a book that forms part of the course for several weeks or terms, they're worth investing in.
This is a particularly well-thumbed reference text, so to pick it as a key note for season one does not suggest Cooper's Belstaff will be charting the edgier waters of fashion.
So to call "The Food Lab" a cookbook is not quite accurate it is more of a hybrid reference text, somewhere between Harold McGee's "On Food and Cooking" and Mark Bittman's "How to Cook Everything".
So to call "The Food Lab" a cookbook is not quite accurate — it is more of a hybrid reference text, somewhere between Harold McGee's "On Food and Cooking" and Mark Bittman's "How to Cook Everything".
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The works reference texts by Kafka, Emily Dickinson and the Catalan poet Salvador Espriu.
Many titles which are available in printed versions can be read as ebooks, including bestselling fiction, classics and reference texts.
A list of interesting reference texts was available in the library for any student who wanted to go the extra mile.
"The generosity of the organization was just overwhelming," said Ms. Murray, who for the last three years has driven down to Darien to select story books and reference texts for the kindergarten-through-fourth-grade school.
Teaching documents, lecture notes, and reference texts were given to the participants.
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