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Typical complaints of Referees The manuscript cannot be accepted for publication until it has been revised in accordance with the style guidelines of The Journal. At the moment the authors have referred to themselves as we, this is not accepted practice in Physics. In its current form, it is hard to tell when the author is referring to his/her work or the literature in general. This has seriously compromised my ability to assess the merit of the paper, and thus whether it is worthy of publication. The Introduction and Discussion should be revised so that readers can clearly understand the contribution that the author is making.
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7.2 How to form the passive and when to use it