People use reference transitional words and phrases to a relationship between continuing ideas.

Function: Literally make a reference to a continuing idea.

• As far as I can determine, he plagiarized his paper.
• Considering her personal life, it difficult to understand how she found the time to paint 421 pictures.
• Regarding his pension for dense language, I am surprised more people don’t find his books tiring to read.
• The fact that she abandoned her work suggests she did not find evidence to support her theory.
• With regards to her, I do not have an answer.