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by editterry
Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:29 pm
Forum: Questions About Rejections
Topic: Grammatical Errors and Whatnot
Replies: 8
Views: 7681

Re: Grammatical Errors and Whatnot

I'm a pretty busy guy with my day job, but will try to drop by occasionally. I'm just afraid that if I get to know you folks, I'll start regretting all my snarky critiques.
by editterry
Tue Apr 05, 2011 7:37 pm
Forum: Questions About Rejections
Topic: three rejections on same article
Replies: 10
Views: 14342

Re: three rejections on same article

Hi, I'm one of the editors. The rule being questioned (regarding the short summary) just means you shouldn't copy and paste content from your article into the short summary field on the submission form. If we look at the short summary, and then see that paragraph within the body of the article, we'l...
by editterry
Tue Apr 05, 2011 7:20 pm
Forum: Questions About Rejections
Topic: Grammatical Errors and Whatnot
Replies: 8
Views: 7681

Re: Grammatical Errors and Whatnot

Hi, I'm one of the editors, Terry, and wanted to clarify some of the things we look for in reviewing articles. If an article has a lot of long, wordy, passive and/or awkward sentences, then we do consider that a problem, and will reject on that basis. We do, however, try to provide examples if the p...