Ive just started writing up (in third year, social sciences) and when i get the feedback of each draft of each chapter back from my supervisors (up to fifth chapter now out of 7), there's hardly anything there to go on and improve with. There's a few typos highlighted, and things like 'you could do with another ref here' but other than that, its really hard to know what else to do to improve...how much should i expect? I kinda want lots of red pen all over it, for some reason!
I would expect my supervisors to comment on coherence and robustness of argument. Highlighting typo errors is just a cop-out and sign of lack of knowledge of your research area. Ask someone other than your supervisor(s) to comment on your work. I'm sure they will point out other issues.
Good luck and keep us posted
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