Dec 02 5:13PM
Lin Yachang Robert:{W}ithout you, {I} would have finished my P{h}D [not PHd].
Dec 02 5:15PM
2146365869:U who took the TOEFL four times & can barely compose one decent synthetically sound [let alone grammatically correct] sentence? Thanks for the belly laugh! Go get urself a good f__k, then maybe u can think & talk w/ some intelligence, if not common sense.
I considered myself "lucky" for having escaped the obligation my spouse insisted that I, as his partner, "owe" to him to write his PhD thesis since he has never been very good at writing [underlying which is critical thinking] or in English [satisfying stringent rules of formal grammar]. The reason why I never succumbed to the pressure and guilt he tried to make me feel [for being "selfish" for not doing what he wants me to do and / or think I should do] is that dishonesty in all its manifestations is loathsome to me—why lay claim to something you've not earned and / or pretend to be someone you're not; that and the genuine respect and love I have for the pursuit of in-depth knowledge in [and practical applications of] whatever subject du jour I may be occupied with. Now, I don't mind proofreading and editing my spouse's [original] first, second, and third drafts but these processes are not the same as rephrasing entire paragraphs that were lifted or copied and pasted wholesale from papers, articles, and books. That is an act I will not engage in [unless I'd been tricked into giving my promise to help].
Proofreading and editing don't stand on the same page as taking someone else's ideas and rewording them without the proper attributions. The latter is plagiarism, pure and simple. Even if you'd been bamboozled into giving your promise to help, don't do it, as the circumstance was misleading.
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