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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello to all,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>first of all, my apologies for this message. I
need to inform as many people as possible in the academic community about the
inappropriate behavior of the Linguistics and Education journal, via the
Elsevier dababase.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>These editors accepted my paper in 2007 with major
revisions, which I made and returned in 2008. The paper was then left in the
database for one year, completely unattended. As they had not returned any
answers by 2009, I asked (probably five times or more) if it had finally been
rejected. They produced no answer...ever, Not even a yes or no.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now, four years later, they have withdrawn the
paper without any comments or explanations.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please I apologize for this message but I thought
that you should know in advance, especially if you are considering to publish in
the journal.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alejandro</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>