Thanks for the copy editing. Pretty good close reading.

I really do have a problem with starting sentences with but. I do believe the barriers between spoken and written communication should be broken down. If you read through Shakespeare, the copy editing and commas are awful as well.

There’s always someone to fix the punctuation later. I’ll try harder though in the future. I hate to think what would happen if you read “Celebrating Sacre in Graz”.

As an American (ironically from California), I’m appalled to read that IBM Slovakia and DELL Slovakia reportedly practise blatant ageism in their hiring practises.

Admittedly, I wrote my first comment in haste. After all, I am emotionally charged by this issue. Hence, I overlooked a typographical error in my first comment. Notwithstanding, this article is full of errors and the author’s writing style is poor and downright boring. The blog author should review his use of English grammar, something the younger generation is lacking. To show that US citizens can also learn UK spelling, I will be a European, and, in the spirit of my dual citizenship, I will be a Brit. For example:

1. Never use a comma before ‘that’. As a general rule, a comma is used before the word ‘which’, but not always.

2. Never begin a sentence with ‘but’ (even the current British Prime Minister should know this rule. However, he began at least two sentences with ‘but’ during the course of his speech on Thursday. But’ is a conjunction (remember and, but and or?)-I only used ‘but’ at the beginning of the last sentence insofar as I merely mentioned the word.

3. Inconsistencies with regards to using who and whom. Sometimes the author used it correctly, while at other times, he used the word incorrectly: One older candidate (thirty-four) who I interviewed – Should be …. whom I interviewed…

4. ‘Amazingly enough the older candidates…’ Should read: Amazingly enough, the older candidates (a comma is required here!).

5. They had a bunch of skills next to useless.. In this sentence, ‘which’ should have been used: They had a bunch of skills, which were next to useless ….. Revise this sentence entirely, as it is too wordy!

6. Their demonstration sites for the most part were atrocious flash catastrophes. In this case, the author has two options: 1) Their demonstration sites (for the most part) were atrocious flash catastrophes; and 2) Their demonstration sites, for the most part, were atrocious flash catastrophes. Well, I find this article to be atrocious.

7. I haven’t been to East or South Slovakia yet. Oh boy, please revise this sentence. Never mind! I’ll do it for you:

8. I have yet to visit Eastern or Southern Slovakia; or 2) I haven’t been to Eastern or Southern Slovakia. Go south! Move out west, but Bavaria is in Southern Germany, or, ‘It never rains in Southern California.’

9. One older candidate (thirty-four) who I interviewed…. Only spell out numbers up to twelve. We have ten candidates. Correct: One older candidate (34) whom I interviewed… Please revise this sentence, as it is quite wordy.

10. So despite my best intentions of hiring older and more experienced workers, … The word ‘so’, as it is used in this context, i.e. at the end of a sentence, if very colloquial, and, quite frankly, not very professional. However, if you insist on using it at the beginning of a sentence, you should write: So, despite my best….

The author of this blog entry likes to use the word ‘catastrophe’ as it relates to older applicants or workers whom he encountered. If I were to use one word to describe his article, it would be catastrophe!

Darko

Staying relevant and energetic is hard work.

Amusingly enough, the middle generation of Slovaks is better educated and harder working than those in early university now. The Americanisation went a bit too far and now there’s a whole generation of California living type kids who believe that a pretty smile and a bit of English will get them a villa on the beach.

The generation after them will probably be hungrier and harder working.

Dear Madam/Sir

We are looking for employees and cooperating partners in Slovakia, Czech and Germany for the Norwegian building marked.

link to globalkompetanse.com

Please answer in English.

Are you able to help us with this?

We would very much like to come in contact with bigger, serious building companies that have competence to build wooden houses like in Scandinavia. We have projects with need of 20 – 50 workers.

Looking forward for your reply.

Best regards

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Anyone who is reading my original article should be sure to look at the table of IT salaries.