I’m the proof reader in my group. I can spot split-infinitives at 100 paces, can move between tenses without blinking, and can prettify your document in a single sitting. So as a result I’m proof reading a friends Masters degree. She’s due to go on maternity leave in the next month, and this really needs to go in before then.
It’s not going to happen though. Her introduction is ok, and the methodology will be fine with some more work. Her results section is nowhere near complete – it’s just pages and pages of graphs right now with no text, and much duplication of data. Her discussion is two pages, most of which probably belongs in the results section. And as a result, now I feel awful. She’s under a lot of stress with her pregnancy and I’m going to have to tear her whole write-up to pieces. Basically, she is going to be registered for this degree for another year, which is not good career-wise; this is going to be facing her when she gets back from maternity leave, which will probably only be in May or June and finishing this degree will be the last thing she wants to do. This is really not good.
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