I gave feedback on a PhD student's first manuscript and finally used the phrase "this is close to being finished."

[lehtorituomo@mementomori.social]

I gave feedback on a PhD student's first manuscript and finally used the phrase "this is close to being finished." Her actual supervisors (I'm "just" a coauthor) have been using phrases like "one more round and this section is done" or "we're almost ready to submit" for ages already. Is this some sort of neurotypical ecouragement? My feeling about their remarks has always been "no way" until very recently. Why would you say that when you must know it's not true? Of course I encourage in my commenting as well but those types of claims seem ridiculous, almost lying.

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