@deevybee what frustrates me most is the amount of time I have to spend correcting f*cking spelling errors in my students' papers.
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that's not peer review though!
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I sure hope I am considered a peer by my students.
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I guess it's up to you. But surely marking ≠ peer review?
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My post is not so much about the writing (tho often poor) but about incomprehensible methods
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you mean the methods are incomprehensible regardless of good writing?
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Yes. Please read the post!
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I thought I did. Perhaps it's caffeine that's missing.

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If anyone (especially non-native speaker) has to read a sentence twice to get it, rewrite.
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some people have dunning kruger and/or are impervious to this advice
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senior people need to take the lead. Also when reviewing grants, manuscripts. (Language issues is a different matter)
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senior people are the most machiavellian
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senior people run the field, the field is in a bad condition, seems like a QED to me regarding "blame".
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@deevybee I find papers in Nature etc really hard to read because they are so short. V annoying. -
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@deevybee I recently read some very short medical trial papers. Almost incomprehensible. No graphs of results, info 2 condensed.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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