I will give my feedback by annotating the (draft) thesis by using a set of symbols (abbreviations) that I list below. Please us line distance 1.5 to facilitate me in providing feedback. The symbols will be encircled in the thesis. I will provide a brief explanation of each symbol and abbreviation. If available, I will also link the specific annotation to the blog entry with a detailed elaboration.

Structure and style

Symbol	Explanation	Blog
OVERSTRUCT	You have to many text elements that deal with structure. In many cases, these element are not necessary. For instance, to write as the first line of a section titled ‘Results’: This section presents the results of this resarch. This is an abundant sentence: what else would you want to present in a section with the title ‘Results’.
OVERLEVEL	You have too many sublevels in the section numbering.	Structuring a thesis
STYLE	Your text maybe difficult to read because the the most important issues are hidden at the end of lengthy sentences written in a passive voice.	Writing style

Sentences

Symbol	Explanation
	This symbol indicates that something is wrong with the sentence. There may be an error, an issue with the grammar, or the meaning of the sentence.
PS	Passive sentence. Consider an active sentence.
PRESENT	Consider present tense

References

Symbol	Explanation	Blog
RI	References Inconsistent	Referencing
RCOMPLETE	References Incomplete (some references in the main text may not appear in the reference list and/or some references in the references list are not referred to from the main text.
REF	Reference missing. I make this comment usually when a reference is needed to support a statement or an argument.
COPY	You copied parts of another work. You may have violated copyrights or plagiarism standards. This can happen when you copy complete parts of a text, figures or tables from another work withour permission of the author (copyright) or reference (plagiarims)

Tables, figures, equations and numbers

Symbol	Explanation	Blog
DEC	Error against number formatting: US vs EU decimal separator	Numbers
FORMAT	There is an error against the principles of formatting and/or presenting numbers.	Numbers
IND	This table is not independent readable from the main text.
EQNR	Equations should be numbered from 1 to n, with the number presented in brackets to the right of the equation.
ITALIC	Mathematical symbols should be presented in italic.
STYLE	Table or equation is not in line with the (JFE) style	Equations

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