Is having another set of eyes proofread your paper for mistakes academic dishonesty?

Graduate School
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<p>Say you just finished writing an awesome paper after weeks of research. You let it sit for a day before coming back to it to proofread it and make any changes necessary. </p>

<p>You then get someone further along than you to proofread it for grammatical errors, punctuation, subject-verb agreement, concision, and the general structure of the logic of your arguments for ambiguity and weak arguments, and verification that your finding is clear. </p>

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<p>Lol</p>

<p>10 char.</p>

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<p>?? This is called editing, not academic dishonesty.</p>

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<p>Most professors would encourage it.</p>

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<p>Most colleges have writing centers where students can bring their papers at various phases of completion and receive assistance. It’s recommended. It’s a rare person who becomes a good writer without LOTS of input.</p>

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<p>Please do this. I would be happy to read it. No idea what your subject is, but I am (with all due or undue modesty) an excellent writer – and an even better editor. This is not academic dishonesty; this is how you submit the best paper you can. Lawyers do this with their motions and briefs; academics of every stripe and color do it. </p>

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<p>Pfft… I for one think you should be expelled… </p>

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<p>Expelled? Why? Who else shares the sentiment? </p>

<p>Suppose Mr. John Smith is submitting a research article for publication. He sends the draft to two people first to see if he can make it better. </p>

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<li><p>An expert writer who gives Smith feedback on the grammar and a readability standpoint from someone not familiar with the subject area</p></li>
<li><p>An established subject matter expert who gives Smith feedback on analytic rigor and plausibility of findings/inferred conclusions. </p></li>
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<p>…I think they were joking. Relax.</p>

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<p>Is this a question? Both are fine, regularly done, and highly encouraged. Most credible journals are peer-reviewed to begin with (at least in the sciences, as far as I know), so you would be getting critiques from peers in your field before you can publish it (which would be similar to the #2 reviewer, you listed).</p>