Moving forward
Language like this (from a job advert on seek.com) threatens to numb my brain; that is, when it's not short-circuiting it entirely:
Going forward, we are strongly committed to ensuring enhancement in relation to written and verbal communication skills by limiting recent innovative approaches to expression -- currently extensively in evidence -- that have a negative impact upon language usage.
(i.e. I hope this trend passes quickly.)
Thirty-six words: only two tensed verbs!
Can you pick them?
You will be researching the development and implementation of a range of social policy issues to create strategies for moving forward.To this I say:
Going forward, we are strongly committed to ensuring enhancement in relation to written and verbal communication skills by limiting recent innovative approaches to expression -- currently extensively in evidence -- that have a negative impact upon language usage.
(i.e. I hope this trend passes quickly.)
Thirty-six words: only two tensed verbs!
Can you pick them?
2 comments:
I think you will find this type of phraseology unique to the corporate world....forward thinking, customer focussed, self-starting, team-playing, goal driven individuals need only apply ;-) S
As anonymous said, the corporate world has a strange tongue, but, when you read this now, looking at these words on a screen, you may find yourself beginning to realise, more and more, that language can be of a sort, whose meaning can be nuanced by the reader . . . and I'm not sure exactly what it is that you find so intriguing by what is written, but isn't it great to find yourself, more and more, understanding the hidden messages contained within the letters . . .
PS--We should catch up for a cupadacof maybe this w/end . . .
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