Three to four decades ago an editor’s instructions to manuscript reviewers requested that reviewers focus on evaluating the quality and significance of the author’s research. Recent instructions now include things a reviewer should not do, such as not concerning oneself with manuscript formatting, not correcting typographical errors, and not correcting grammar. If sloppy formatting, typographical errors, and poor grammar detract from the quality and significance of the author’s research, the reviewer must comment on these attributes, particularly when these things detract from evaluating the quality and significance of the research described.
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