RE: Getting more than nits from reviews

[stevefjong -at- comcast -dot- net]

As a former colleague pointed out, the most efficient user of a reviewer's time is to point out errors and to indicate WHY they are errors.
If the reviewer spots an error and rewrites the offending passage, it costs reviewer time and saves writer time--but reviewers generally make more money than writers, so it's inefficient. (And writers often rewrite such comments anyway, so some of the work is scrapped.)
If the reviewer spots an error and simply flags it (say, by writing "NO" in big red letters), the writer has to contact the reviewer and find out what's right. Any time saved by simply flagging is lost, and any time spent in setting up the meeting is waste.
If the reviewer flags an error and explains why it's an error, the writer can do the rewriting and the reviewer can go back to doing whatever the reviewer was hired for. That maximizes system efficiency.

-- Steve
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