The original way in which I had done peer edits was just to get it done. I never really gave any good feedback on other papers and I never had done anything more than grammar. I had always just made sure the proper things were capitalized and made sure that words were spelled properly but I never realized that it was not helpful for whoever I was reviewing for. It takes more than that as you need to say what they did well or what they had done wrong. This could be if they need to explain more of what exactly they were saying and expand instead of leaving a short senseless comments and sentences in their essay. When I was doing one of the peer reviews I made sure to say things such as “Sentences make sense and the idea is passed along but expand a little and give more background on Rhinehart” which may not be full sentences, but the point is still made. The point I was trying to get across the one who’s paper I was reviewing was that what they were saying was making sense and was good, but they just should add a bit more detail to help the reader and beef up their essay for it to make even more sense. The original way in which I had done peer editing was nothing like this and I know that I would never want someone to do the same for my paper because it strands you in a way.
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