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by DavidBulley
Tue Aug 16, 2011 3:39 pm
Forum: Questions About Rejections
Topic: Careless reviewers
Replies: 8
Views: 7715

Re: Careless reviewers

I think i'm all done reviewing anything here. I've published more words in national glossy magazines than your entire staff. I've learned my lesson here.
by DavidBulley
Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:25 pm
Forum: Questions About Rejections
Topic: Careless reviewers
Replies: 8
Views: 7715

Re: Careless reviewers

Just had a quick look at this, and it seems that you wrote "patience" and the editors asked you to change it to "patients." Here's the sentence in question: "Upon further investigation he discovered that he had even lost patience that couldn’t stand waiting in his waiting r...
by DavidBulley
Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:21 pm
Forum: Questions About Rejections
Topic: Careless reviewers
Replies: 8
Views: 7715

Re: Careless reviewers

Wow! I knew you guys were unprofessional right away, but to add typos instead of admitting you are wrong is simply outrageous. My copy on my computer has the correct word.
by DavidBulley
Tue Aug 16, 2011 11:28 am
Forum: Questions About Rejections
Topic: Disagreement on word choice
Replies: 4
Views: 4282

Re: Disagreement on word choice

Here is another example of the editor either being completely careless or ignorant. The sentence was correct in the first example and then "corrected" to be wrong. Incorrect use of a grammar checker is clearly the problem.
by DavidBulley
Tue Aug 16, 2011 10:09 am
Forum: Questions About Rejections
Topic: Careless reviewers
Replies: 8
Views: 7715

Careless reviewers

My article was rejected because of "typos" one of which, according to the person who rejected it, was that i miss-wrote "patients" instead of "patience." But I meant more than one patient! Obviously the reviewer used a simple grammar checker and either did not read or d...