Re: Getting more than nits from reviews?

["Susan Hogarth" <hogarth -at- gmail -dot- com>]

On 5/23/07, Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca> wrote:
> Susan Hogarth wondered: <<I recently sent a rough draft around to a
> bunch of SMEs looking for substantive input, and they wasted their
> precious (and expensive) time copyediting it, while making no
> substantive contributions. I didn't know whether to be more
> humiliated or aggravated.>>
>
> I've found (in many contexts) that manuscripts should be copyedited
> _before_ being sent to reviewers. If there are no copyedits for
> reviewers to perform, they have no choice but to focus on the
> content. ...

Bbbbut... well. Here's the thing: I'm lazy. I should copyedit
something that they are going to be rewriting?

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