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If the revisions improve the document, I'm delighted. (I've only met a couple of
reviewers who can consistently offer good suggestions, and I highly value their
feedback.)
If the revisions are detrimental or just idiosyncratic (personal grammatical
phobias and superstitions), then I thank the reviewer nicely for their
"suggestions," remind them that I'm looking for a *technical* review, and
discard what doesn't work.
If the revisions are detrimental AND the reviewer has approval authority, THEN
we have a problem. If they hand down the changes and I'm not allowed to revise
further to fix things, then <understatement>I'm not a happy
writer.</understatement> If they give me a chance to negotiate and revise to
find a solution everyone can live with, then everything usually turns out fine.
Christine
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