<p>Thank you for the opportunity to review this research report. You mentioned wanting the word count to be reduced, which is possible, but I thought the paper in general flowed well (i.e., you explained your purpose and the design of your research very clearly and thoroughly, so why delete anything? Some repetition is noted below, though).</p>
<p>I did note many punctuation issues (we differ on colons and semicolons, as you&rsquo;ll see). Also, the main repetition that I found is in the Research Design and Procedure section and some small sections after it. I&rsquo;ve highlighted these sections in yellow and did not edit them because they are either exactly like prior sections or very, very similar. I suggest you rewrite them to avoid the appearance of a copy and pasting of this text.</p>
<p>The style is clearly UK English and I have followed that style as best as I could.</p>
<p>If you have any questions, please email them to me.</p>
<p>Again, thank you.</p>