When you agree 

• We have corrected the typo. See page X, line X.  

• This was an oversight. We apologise for our error and have corrected the text. See page X, lines X – Y 

• Please see our answer to comment X of Reviewer 2.  

• Thank you for pointing this out, we have [explain the changes made] 

• As suggested by the Reviewer, we have [explain the changes made] 

• We agree with the Reviewer’s assessment and have [explain the changes made] 

• This is an excellent suggestion. we have [explain the changes made] 

• We agree that this is a potential limitation of the study and have added it to the limitations section on page X, line X.  

• All spelling and grammatical errors highlighted by the Reviewers have been corrected.  

When they ask to you add a discussion point that isn’t relevant 

• Thank you for this helpful suggestion and we agree it would be interesting to discuss.... however, we feel this is beyond the scope of this paper which aims to only focus on....  

When they ask to you add new data 

• We appreciate this suggestion and agree that such data would be helpful however, expanding the dataset at this point is not feasible given the time and cost involved. For this reason, we have decided to not make this change. [if it’s a limitation you could add this sentence: “We recognise this is a limitation of the study and have added the following sentence to the limitations section (page X, lines X – y)”].  

When they say something mean and you don’t agree 

• While we appreciate your time and effort in providing feedback, we respectfully disagree. We believe this work makes a valuable contribution to the field of [insert field] because it [explain why e.g., novel findings, impact results could have on society, new perspective on a topic or method]