⚡ Black Friday Offer: Click here and shop now!

TextRanch

The best way to perfect your writing.

Discover why 1,062,726 users count on TextRanch to get their English corrected!

1. Input your text below.
2. Get it corrected in a few minutes by our editors.
3. Improve your English!

One of our experts will correct your English.

Our experts

by refer to vs by referring to

The phrase 'by referring to' is correct, while 'by refer to' is incorrect. The form 'by referring to' indicates the action of referring to something at some point in time.
Vince profile picture

Explained by Vince
Editor at TextRanch

Last updated: October 06, 2024 • 13386 views

by refer to

'by refer to' is incorrect and not commonly used in English.

The correct form is 'by referring to' when indicating the action of referring to something in the past or present.
  • Oct 23, 2021 ... Does Don't Pass Me By refer to Jane Mansfield? Does the line "You were in a car crash, and you lost your hair" refer to the horrific traffic ...
  • Kohler. RDC2 (See TT-1589 for Replacment). GM84962 (Replaced by REFER TO TT-1589).
  • Heyo im thatlazyartist. Weirdo Self taught. Comic artist. Not professional. Positive criticism is welcome · Photo by Refer to me as KJ on April 24, 2020. · Photo ...
  • Kohler. Battery, 650CCA, GRP24 12V WET. 256984 (Replaced by Refer to PB-159).
  • Nov 16, 2022 ... As for action macros…we think about that. Jeff_Wrana November 19, 2022, 1:07am 7. Thanks again. By refer to a Layer I mean create the layer ...
  • The places for these rates have customarily been held by “refer to company” or “a.” If you are filing your rates independently (that is, you do not ...
  • Sep 10, 2022 ... ASME. American Society of Mechanical Engineers. CFR. Code of Federal Regulations. DEAR. Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation.
  • Dec 17, 2019 ... ... by (REFER) to three planes, each at right angles to the others.​. ​. The correct answer would be "by reference to"; however, I cannot ...
  • ... " Symbols are defined in the "Standard S32DS Assembler". By refer to image in S32K188 runs with debugger, but not witout. Best Regards, Robin
  • ... helpful and accept the correct solution. In future it might be helpful to someone by refer to this solution. Thanks & Regards,. Abbas Shaik. 0 Helpfuls. Reply ...

Alternatives:

  • by referring to

by referring to

'by referring to' is the correct form to use when indicating the action of referring to something in the past or present.

Use 'by referring to' when you want to indicate the action of referring to something in the past or present.
  • Mar 23, 2023 ... Basic(?) Question: positioning sketch object on one plane by referring to objects on a different plane ; siliconbronze March 23, 2023, 7:36am 1.
  • Apr 23, 2023 ... Attendee registration problem when registering in Google Calendar by referring to Notion ... hello, I am a beginner. I'm managing my work through ...
  • Jun 12, 2020 ... call a column by referring to variable ... A complete newbie here,. could not find the solution in older posts,. I have created a variable ...
  • May 20, 2024 ... In Excel, a fomula can be calculated by referring to previous row (previous record) values. So it's easy to implement how to get the following ...
  • Jul 5, 2024 ... Why do people dismiss real wage growth by referring to increases in housing costs? Approved Answers. It's very common in online discourse ...
  • Apr 17, 2022 ... We introduce a tool, named WhyGen, to explain the generated code by referring to training examples.
  • iATT liver fat quantification for steatosis grading by referring to MRI proton density fat fraction: a multicenter study. J Gastroenterol. 2024 Jun;59(6):504 ...
  • Jun 14, 2019 ... Computer Science > Computation and Language · Title:Improving Visual Question Answering by Referring to Generated Paragraph Captions.
  • Aug 10, 2015 ... By referring to previous struggles and using them as reasons for not getting on with your life today, you're assigning responsibility to the ...
  • Dec 17, 2019 ... ... by referring to" would be incorrect. I found only one issue similar to this one in the forum, and it was said to be unidiomatic, but without ...

Related Comparisons

What Our Customers Are Saying

Our customers love us! We have an average rating of 4.79 stars based on 283,125 votes.
Also check out our 2,100+ reviews on TrustPilot (4.9TextRanch on TrustPilot).

Why choose TextRanch?

Lowest prices
Up to 50% lower than other online editing sites.

Fastest Times
Our team of editors is working for you 24/7.

Qualified Editors
Native English experts for UK or US English.

Top Customer Service
We are here to help. Satisfaction guaranteed!

×

⚡️ Black Friday 2024 ⚡️

Stock up on credits for the entire year!

Grab this offer now!