Monday, November 23, 2009
Woe is me
After a four day weekend (self imposed), I have a backlog of manuscript peer reviews that need to be done today. The first one is obviously from authors who have English as a possibly fourth or fifth language. When you find over ten grammatical and typographical errors in the abstract alone (150 words max) you know you're in for a long slog. It's an interesting subject though, so I'll push all the way through rather than fight the urge to triage it.
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Good man on trying to give an honest go at it. Best of luck with the reviews, how is the review article coming along?
If theres one thing I cant stand; its' the improper use of punctuation
RPS77: LOL. You know, I actually had to dock the writers for incorrect use of the semi-colon. If there is one thing I never thought I'd be doing as a microbiologist, it's relying so heavily on my English composition skills. I guess that AP English really came in handy though in HS!
GR: The review article is coming along. I'm trying to push out a research article alongside of it (not related) so I'm trying to do double duty. I'm not sure if this is currently helping or harming one or both of the manuscripts.
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