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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
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Should "rather than send it out " be "rather than sent it out"?
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Of the 255 papers that underwent the entire editing process to acceptance or rejection, about 60% of the final decisions occurred with no sign of peer review. For rejections, that's good news: It means that the journal's quality control was high enough that the editor examined the paper and declined it rather than send it out for review. But for acceptances, it likely means that the paper was rubber-stamped without being read by anyone.
Of the 255 papers that underwent the entire editing process to acceptance or rejection, about 60% of the final decisions occurred with no sign of peer review. For rejections, that's good news: It means that the journal's quality control was high enough that the editor examined the paper and declined it rather than send it out for review. But for acceptances, it likely means that the paper was rubber-stamped without being read by anyone.
Top answer
"rather than sending it out" seems preferable to me.
- "rather than sending it out" seems preferable to me.
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GPYTo me, "send" seems mismatched with "examined" and "declined".Yeah, I don't know, just gut. To me, "sending" seems that way. I am just letting the OP know that both work.
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We say we have a gut feeling when we can't explain an opinion (or would rather not belabor the point). "Gut" is sort of like an informal way of saying "visceral", "instinctive".
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