9.23 referring to pieces of writing

You can refer in a neutral way to a previous piece of writing.

• As explained in the previous paragraph, the bottle needs only to be washed clean.
• We have seen in this chapter how the tax burden has increased fastest for households with children.

Here is a list of nouns used to refer to a piece of writing:

• chapter, example, excerpt, extract, instalment, item, letter, paragraph, passage, phrase, quotation, section, sentence, statement, summary, table, text, words