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Editing papers is always kind of shady especially when everyone in the group has no idea how to truly edit a paper. It always seems as though no one ever knows what to look for, which can get frustrating because often when your paper gets to the teacher, it can be like sending a first draft depending on how much help your group was. I personally know that I'm not the best editor. I tend to lose track of whats going on and don't know specific literary points to look for. I am a thinker however, and try to ask abstract questions to make the writer question him/herself. But that is often the only input I can contribute. Although, I will say, peer editing is a great way to refine your paper, simply because you can gauge by how confused or how involved the group is.