For the same reason that physicians often refuse to treat their spouse or child. Surgery often requires detachment and careful thinking, as does editing. Like a surgeon operating on her own son, you may be too close to your own paper to ‘make the cuts’ required by editing.
Writing a thesis or journal article takes weeks, months, or even years. You become attached to your words after spending so much time with them.
You might fail to see a spelling error, or miss a grammar mistake after reading the same line for the hundredth time. A mistake made in Chapter 2 might go unnoticed as you finish Chapter 6.
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Of course, you are the final decision-maker before submitting your paper.
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