A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations, Ninth edition - Kate L. Turabian 2018

Find general principles in specific comments
Learning from comments on your paper
Research and writing

When you review your reader’s comments, focus on those that you can apply to your next project.

✵ ▪ Look for a pattern of errors in spelling, punctuation, and grammar. If you see one, you know what to work on.

✵ ▪ If your reader says you made factual errors, check your notes: Did you take bad notes or misreport them? Were you misled by an unreliable source? Whatever you find, you know what to do in your next project.

✵ ▪ If your reader reports only her judgments of your writing, look for what causes them. If she says your writing is choppy, dense, or awkward, check your sentences using the steps in chapter 11. If she says it’s disorganized or wandering, check it against chapter 9. You won’t always find what caused the complaints, but when you do you’ll know what to work on next time.