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I along with my guide wrote a research publication, which had to be sent to a journal for the purpose of review. My professor wrote the cover letter of the paper as follows: Dear Editor in Chie...
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#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T13:08:11Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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ShiS
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2019-12-08T13:08:11Z (almost 5 years ago)
I along with my guide wrote a research publication, which had to be sent to a journal for the purpose of review. My professor wrote the cover letter of the paper as follows: > Dear Editor in Chief > > You are requested to review the paper "Title of the paper".... > > Thanks This cover letter is from the authors of the research paper (me and my supervisor) to the Editor-in-chief of the journal, requesting that our paper be reviewed. To me, this seems a very impolite way of beginning a cover letter addressed to an Editor-in-chief who is much higher in rank and position than us. On the other hand, we are mere authors of the paper. I believe that a phrase like "You are requested" is used by a top authority to those below it, or when both the writer and reader are at the same rank. Does the phrase "You are requested" seem impolite, when it is written to an authority much higher than you (i.e. by a mere author to an editor-in-chief of a journal), or is it fine?
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2019-10-11T10:44:47Z (about 5 years ago)
Original score: 11