How would you characterize the comments you made throughout the author’s piece? For instance, how would you finish this sentence: “In general, most of my comments on this piece had to do with…”?
In terms of copyediting, how would you describe the amount of work they have left to do? Were there any glaring proofreading errors you noticed? Do any of the proofreading errors resemble a particular pattern? For instance, is it consistent misspelling of a word, citation issues, etc.?
When they revise this piece, what would you say is the main issue they need to work on?